NYSE:WRK - Westrock Stock Price, Forecast & News

Westrock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WRK."

Westrock declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.465 per share on Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $1.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View Westrock's Dividend History.

Westrock Co (NYSE:WRK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $4.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.38 billion. Westrock had a net margin of 4.69% and a return on equity of 8.23%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.83 earnings per share. View Westrock's Earnings History.

Westrock is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Westrock.

8 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Westrock's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate Westrock's stock price to reach $45.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westrock.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westrock in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Westrock.

News stories about WRK stock have been trending extremely negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Westrock earned a news impact score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Westrock.

Westrock saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,260,000 shares, a decline of 10.3% from the January 15th total of 4,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Westrock's Current Options Chain.

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Westrock's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital World Investors (4.72%), State Street Corp (4.68%), LSV Asset Management (2.29%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.66%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.33%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.14%). Company insiders that own Westrock stock include Currey M Russell, James B Porter, James E Nevels, Jeffrey Wayne Chalovich, John A Luke Jr, Robert A Feeser and Ward H Dickson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Westrock.

WRK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Lakewood Capital Management LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, National Pension Service, First Trust Advisors LP, FMR LLC and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have sold Westrock company stock in the last year include James B Porter and John A Luke Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westrock.

WRK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Capital Advisors Inc. OK, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Marshall Wace LLP and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp. Company insiders that have bought Westrock stock in the last two years include Currey M Russell, James E Nevels and Ward H Dickson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westrock.

Shares of WRK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WRK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.70.

Westrock has a market capitalization of $10.52 billion and generates $18.29 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $862.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.98 on an earnings per share basis. Westrock employs 51,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Westrock.

The official website for Westrock is http://www.westrock.com/.

Westrock's mailing address is 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA, 30328. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 770-448-2193 or via email at [email protected]