Westlake Chemical Stock News

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Westlake Chemical Corporation with ticker code (WLK) have now 17 analysts covering the stock with the consensus suggesting a rating of ''Buy''. The range between the high target price and low target price is between 140 and 89 and has a mean target at 120.82. With the stocks previous close at 101.66 this would imply there is a potential upside of 18.8%. The 50 day MA is 97.85 and the 200 day moving average is 94.44. The market cap for the company is $12,980m. Find out more information at: https://www.westlake.com [stock_market_widget type="chart" symbol="WLK" chart="bar" range="6mo" interval="1d" line-color="rgb(49, 125, 189)"] The potential market cap would be $15,427m based on the market concensus. 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.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its fourth quarter and full year earnings for 2021 prior to the market opening on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The compa

A tank of ethylene dichloride exploded, a spokesperson for Westlake Chemical says, leaving a long, dark trail of smoke across the sky

A tank of ethylene dichloride exploded, a spokesperson for Westlake Chemical says, leaving a long, dark trail of smoke

Westlake (WLK) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

WLK, PFE, and M made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) growth stocks list on January 24, 2022

Westlake (WLK) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

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Westlake (WLK) is at a 52-week high, but can investors hope for more gains in the future? We take a look at the company's fundamentals for clues.

Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK) shares closed today at 0.4% below its 52 week high of $107.68, giving the company a market cap of $13B. The stock is currently up 10.4% year-to-date, up 26.9% over the past 12 months, and up 89.1% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.3%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 5.7% lower than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stock’s volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.0. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was above 70, indicating it may be overbought.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates a downward trend.The stock closed above its Bollinger band, indicating it may be overbought. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Materials industry sector , beats it on a 1-year basis, and beats it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 42.1% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months lags the peer average by -31.5% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is -13.4% lower than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.