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Westlake (WLK)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$144.20 USD

144.20
231,151

+0.59 (0.41%)

Updated Oct 11, 2024 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $144.10 -0.10 (-0.07%) 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 Buy23.68%
2Buy17.55%
3Hold9.21%
4Sell4.93%
5Strong Sell2.36%
S&P50010.96%

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2-Buy of 5   2      

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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B Value D Growth C Momentum C 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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Top 41% (103 out of 250)

Industry: Chemical - Plastic

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Zacks News

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        ArcelorMittal (MT) Extends $1-Billion MCB Conversion Date

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          Celanese (CE) Signs Agreement to Acquire Omni Plastics

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              Nucor (NUE) Issues Downbeat Q4 Guidance on Import Pressure

              Nucor's (NUE) earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2017 fell short of analysts' expectations.

                Albemarle to Sell Portion of Performance Catalysts Unit

                Albemarle (ALB) inks deal with Grace to divest a portion of its Performance Catalysts Solutions business for roughly $416 million.

                  Marrone Bio's Amplitude Available for 2018 Growing Season

                  Marrone Bio's (MBII) unique biofungicide controls soil diseases and white molds on a broad range of large acre crops, pulses, tuber and root crops.

                    DowDuPont 3D Printing Materials Now Available in China

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                      Kraton Corp (KRA) Stock Up 69% YTD: What's Driving It?

                      Forecast-topping earnings performance and upbeat prospects have contributed to a rally in Kraton's (KRA) shares.

                        CF Industries Well Poised on High Demand Amid Pricing Woes

                        CF Industries (CF) is expected to benefit from higher nitrogen demand amid a volatile nitrogen pricing environment.

                          Kinross (KGC) Gets Mining Rights Adjacent to Fort Knox

                          Kinross (KGC) expects Gilmore to potentially extend mine life at its Fort Knox mine, which is among its high performing and top producing operations.

                            Agrium to Buy Louis Dreyfus' Fertilizer Unit in Australia

                            Agrium's (AGU) latest deal is subjected to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018.

                              DowDuPont Unit to Expand Propionic Acid Facility in Texas

                              DowDuPont's (DWDP) subsidiary Dow Chemical's latest move is in sync with its plans to support growth of the propionic acid market along with debottlenecking projects completed at the Texas City facility in 2015 and 2017.

                                Cleveland-Cliffs Closes Acquisition of Real Estate Interests

                                Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) expects to leverage the acquired real estate interests for developing a financially sustainable plan for the site.

                                  Westlake Chemical (WLK) Stock Up 80% YTD: What's Driving It?

                                  Westlake Chemical (WLK) is benefiting from healthy demand for olefins and vinyls products and the Axiall acquisition.

                                    Methanex (MEOH) Clinches Gas Supply Agreement with ENAP

                                    Methanex (MEOH) remains optimistic about its underutilized 1.7-million ton Chile operations which holds potential for growth opportunity at a very low capital cost.

                                      Allegheny (ATI) to Supply Solutions for Oil Pipeline Project

                                      Allegheny (ATI) believes that its highly engineered and differentiated specialty material solutions will help to expand its business in the chemical & hydrocarbon processing and oil & gas markets.

                                        ArcelorMittal (MT) Up 43% YTD: What's Driving the Stock?

                                        Forecast-topping earnings performance, improving global steel market conditions and the company's internal initiatives have contributed to a rally in ArcelorMittal's (MT) shares this year.

                                          Arconic (ARNC) to Sell Latin America Extrusions Business

                                          The divestment of the LAE business is part of Arconic's (ARNC) sustained initiatives to streamline its business portfolio, focus on its higher-margin products and drive profitable growth.

                                            Newmont Revises FY18 View, Aims At Least 50% Dividend Hike

                                            Newmont (NEM) expects a stable gold production, improved costs and continued investment in key growth prospects as it heads into 2018.

                                              5 Reasons to Add Kraton Corp (KRA) Stock to Your Portfolio

                                              Based on its compelling prospects, we believe Kraton (KRA) has plenty of upside potential.

                                                Huntsman (HUN) Closes Secondary Public Offering of Venator

                                                Huntsman (HUN) will use the net proceeds from the offering along with cash in hand to fully repay its senior term loan facility.

                                                  Can Westlake Chemical (WLK) Run Higher on Strong Earnings Estimate Revisions?

                                                  Westlake Chemical (WLK) could be an interesting play for investors as it is seeing solid activity on the earnings estimate revision in addition to having decent short-term momentum.