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Westlake Chemical CorporationWLKTOP PICKJun 29, 2021
Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly WLK is a $11 billion market cap chemical manufacturing company based in Houston. They make everything plastic involved in building products. They just announced a $2.1 billion acquisition of another building products company. Scotiabank just upgraded the stock on the view of improving petrochemical margins through to 2022. Analysts project a 46% annual increase in EPS over the next 5 years. The forward PE trades at 11x earnings compared to peers at 29x. It pays a reasonable dividend, backed by a 32% payout of cash flow. We would buy this with a stop loss at $74, looking to achieve $106 -- upside over 17%. Yield 1.21% (Analysts’ price target is $106.06)
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Stock price when the opinion was issued
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As of Aug 13, 2026. Market Open.
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