After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
WLK belongs to the Basic Materials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Specialty Chemicals industry. The current market capitalization of Westlake Corporation is $11.00B. A total of 1.43 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.30M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Buesinger Robert F. bought 83 shares of WLK for 93.39 per share on Apr 22 ’25. After the transaction, the EVP, PEM Segment Head now owns 83 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 27 ’25, Buesinger Robert F. sold 83 shares at 72.70 per share. WLK shares that EVP, PEM Segment Head owns now total 0.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Chao David Tsung-Hung disposed of 1,750 shares on Nov 29 ’24 at a per-share price of $129.08. This resulted in the Director holding 7,784 shares of WLK after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Chao David Tsung-Hung bought 1,750 shares at $133.00 per share on Nov 26 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Westlake Corporation pays an annual dividend of $2.10, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.45%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.84.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WLK has a high of $153.34 and a low of $68.55.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. WLK’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.91B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $5.64B in debt and $2.34B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $81.18, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $8.53B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for WLK is Buy with a score of 4.00.
