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As of close of business last night, Westlake Corporation’s stock clocked out at $85.54, up 0.59% from its previous closing price of $85.04. In other words, the price has increased by $0.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.1 million shares were traded. WLK stock price reached its highest trading level at $85.93 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.4.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of WLK’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.75 and its Current Ratio is at 2.47. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.54 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.52.
On May 20, 2025, Wells Fargo Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $76.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on April 15, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $75.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 22 ’25 when Buesinger Robert F. bought 83 shares for $93.39 per share. The transaction valued at 7,751 led to the insider holds 83 shares of the business.
Buesinger Robert F. sold 83 shares of WLK for $6,034 on May 27 ’25. The EVP, PEM Segment Head now owns 0 shares after completing the transaction at $72.70 per share. On Nov 29 ’24, another insider, Chao David Tsung-Hung, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 1,750 shares for $129.08 each. As a result, the insider received 225,888 and left with 7,784 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WLK now has a Market Capitalization of 10970163200 and an Enterprise Value of 14826185728. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.93 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.07. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.261 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.431.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WLK is 0.91, which has changed by -0.41698474 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16461086 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WLK has reached a high of $153.34, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $68.55. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.33%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.94%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that WLK traded 1.37M shares on average per day over the past three months and 1532500 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 128.24M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 32.95M. Insiders hold about 74.31% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 29.99% stake in the company. Shares short for WLK as of 1753920000 were 4351578 with a Short Ratio of 3.19, compared to 1751241600 on 3024004. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4351578 and a Short% of Float of 13.13.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 2.1, WLK has a forward annual dividend rate of 2.10. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02469426The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.4. The current Payout Ratio is 44.22% for WLK, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-20 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-19. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-03-19 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
