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Westlake (WLK)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$81.12 USD

81.12
1,303,001

-1.96 (-2.36%)

Updated Aug 6, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $81.14 +0.02 (0.02%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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5-Strong Sell of 5         5

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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C Value D Growth C Momentum D VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Bottom 1% (244 out of 246)

Industry: Chemical - Plastic

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                            Yamana Gold Provides Update on Q3 Operations & Brazilian Tax

                            Yamana Gold (AUY) provides an update on third-quarter 2017 operations and Brazillian tax matters. The company produced roughly 257,000 ounces of gold during the quarter.

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                                  Westlake Chemical Hits New 52-Week High: What's Driving It?

                                  Strong Q2 results, dividend hike and upbeat prospects stemming from the Axiall acquisition provided a boost to Westlake Chemical's (WLK) shares.

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                                    FMC Corp (FMC) Scales New 52-Week High on Bright Prospects

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                                      Here's Why Westlake Chemical (WLK) is a Good Investment Pick

                                      Westlake Chemical (WLK) is poised to gain from strengthening demand for its products. Also, acquired assets and expansionary efforts will prove advantageous.

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                                        Can Westlake Chemical (WLK) Prove to be Suitable Value Pick?

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                                          Westlake Chemical Up 10% in a Month: What's Driving It?

                                          Westlake Chemical's (WLK) shares are heading higher following the company's strong Q2 earnings release.

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                                            Westlake Chemical Scales New 52-Week High on Bright Prospects

                                            Westlake Chemical (WLK) shares have scaled new highs driven by strong Q2 results and recently announced dividend hike.

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                                              Company News For August 22, 2017

                                              Companies in the news are: SRE,FCAU,WLK,ADR

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                                                Westlake Chemical (WLK) Announces Quarterly Dividend Hike

                                                Westlake Chemical (WLK) increases quarterly dividend by 10% to 21 cents per share.

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                                                  Westlake Chemical (WLK) Q2 Earnings Top, Sales Lag Estimates

                                                  Westlake Chemical (WLK) delivered encouraging second-quarter 2017 results on the back of robust global demand of its key products and higher selling prices.