Wacker Chemie (WKCMF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wacker Chemie AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides chemical products worldwide. It operates through four divisions: Wacker Silicones, Wacker Polymers, Wacker Biosolutions, and Wacker Polysilicon. The Wacker Silicones division offers silanes, siloxanes, silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, silicone elastomers, silicone resins, and pyrogenic silica. The Wacker Polymers division provides binders and polymeric additives, such as dispersible polymer powder and vinyl acetate-ethylene dispersions, which are used in construction, paper, adhesive, paint, coating, and basic chemical industries. The Wacker Biosolutions division offers customized biotech and catalog products for fine chemicals, such as pharmaceutical proteins, vaccines, cyclodextrins, cysteine, polyvinyl acetate solid resins, and acetylacetone for pharmaceutical actives, food additives, and agrochemicals. The Wacker Polysilicon division produces hyperpure polysilicon for use in semiconductor and solar sectors. Wacker Chemie AG was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Wacker Chemie AG operates as a subsidiary of Dr. Alexander Wacker Familiengesellschaft mbH.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $73.93 to $73.93
• 50-Day Range: $65.75 to $94.10
• 52-Week Range: $62.38 to $115.53
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 349 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 18.38
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Wacker Chemie Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wacker Chemie scored higher than 4% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Wacker Chemie.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wacker Chemie is 18.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.76.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wacker Chemie is 18.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 75.47.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Wacker Chemie has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 151.1, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Wacker Chemie has recently increased by 62.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Wacker Chemie does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Wacker Chemie does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wacker Chemie is 9.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Wacker Chemie has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 151.1, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Wacker Chemie has recently increased by 62.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.07

News Sentiment

Wacker Chemie has a news sentiment score of -0.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Wacker Chemie this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wacker Chemie insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 16.43% of the stock of Wacker Chemie is held by institutions.

WKCMF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WKCMF shares performed this year?

Wacker Chemie's stock was trading at $71.5860 at the start of the year. Since then, WKCMF shares have increased by 3.3% and is now trading at $73.93.
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How do I buy shares of Wacker Chemie?

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:WKCMF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wacker.com
• Phone: 498962790
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,461
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.38
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A