After Hours
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.
Stocks Info
This NYSE-listed company operates within the Specialty Chemicals industry segment, falling under the Basic Materials sector. The current market capitalization of Westlake Corporation is $10.90B. A total of 2.08 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.48M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Chao Albert sold 40,836 shares of WLK for 73.57 per share on Dec 22 ’25. After the transaction, the Executive Chairman now owns 627,722 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 22 ’25, ALBERT Y CHAO bought 40,836 shares at 73.57 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Buesinger Robert F. acquired of 83 shares on Apr 22 ’25 at a per-share price of $93.39. This resulted in the EVP, PEM Segment Head holding 83 shares of WLK after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Buesinger Robert F. sold 83 shares at $72.70 per share on May 27 ’25. Company shares held by the EVP, PEM Segment Head now total 0.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WLK has a high of $119.86 and a low of $56.33.
As of this writing, WLK has an earnings estimate of -$1.52 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 10.0 estimates, with a high estimate of -$1.07 per share and a lower estimate of -$1.78. The company reported an EPS of $0.41 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. 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 $73.49, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $8.53B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock.
