Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK)
| Market Cap | 11.70B |
| Revenue (ttm) | 7.93B |
| Net Income (ttm) | 427.00M |
| Shares Out | 127.96M |
| EPS (ttm) | 3.30 |
| PE Ratio | 28.20 |
| Forward PE | 11.76 |
| Dividend | $1.07 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.15% |
| Trading Day | June 21 |
| Last Price | $93.13 |
| Previous Close | $91.31 |
| Change ($) | 1.82 |
| Change (%) | 1.99% |
| Day's Open | 93.42 |
| Day's Range | 92.66 - 94.21 |
| Day's Volume | 261,246 |
| 52-Week Range | 49.66 - 106.47 |
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Boral Industries Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Boral Limited...
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Water Treatment division of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), manufacturer of the Accu-Tab® chlorination and CleanSlate® dichlorination systems, today published a ...
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) declared today a regular dividend distribution of $0.2700 per share for the first quarter of 2021. This divid...
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WOODBRIDGE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Royal® Building Products, a Westlake company, today announced the addition of Soffit to its award-winning Cedar Renditions™ by Royal® aluminum siding. The newly add...
Westlake Chemical (WLK) benefits from increased sales prices and margins for most of its key products in Q1.
Westlake (WLK) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 19.87% and 17.96%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2021. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) (the "Company" or "Westlake") today reported net income attributable to Westlake for the three months ended March 31, 2021 of $242 mil...
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its first quarter earnings for 2021 prior to the market opening on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The company will host a conferen...
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WOODBRIDGE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Royal® Building Products, a Westlake company and leading manufacturer of exterior building products, has launched “In the Lab,” a series of 360 videos produced to g...
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today announced that the company and the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation have contributed a combined $100,000 to the Houston H...
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About WLK
Westlake Chemical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers, and building products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Vinyls and Olefins. The Vinyls segment provides specialty and commodity polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomers, ethylene dichloride, chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated derivative, and ethylene products. This segment also manufactures and sells PVC compounds and building products fabricated from PVC, including residential siding, trim and molding,... [Read more...]
| Industry Specialty Chemicals | IPO Date Aug 11, 2004 |
| CEO Albert Chao | Employees 9,220 |
| Stock Exchange NYSE | Ticker Symbol WLK |
Financial Performance
In 2020, WLK's revenue was $7.50 billion, a decrease of -7.56% compared to the previous year's $8.12 billion. Earnings were $330.00 million, a decrease of -21.62%.
Analyst Forecasts
According to 15 analysts, the average rating for WLK stock is "Hold." The 12-month stock price forecast is 104.59, which is an increase of 12.31% from the latest price.