Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKPFree Report) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report report published on Saturday.

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Westlake Chemical Partners in a report on Monday, December 29th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

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Westlake Chemical Partners Trading Down 0.7%

WLKP stock opened at $20.80 on Friday. Westlake Chemical Partners has a one year low of $17.75 and a one year high of $25.04. The stock has a market cap of $733.13 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $19.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $20.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 2.37 and a quick ratio of 2.32.

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKPGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $308.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $303.00 million. Westlake Chemical Partners had a net margin of 4.34% and a return on equity of 6.00%. Equities analysts anticipate that Westlake Chemical Partners will post 1.55 EPS for the current year.

Westlake Chemical Partners Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 26th. Investors of record on Monday, November 10th were given a dividend of $0.4714 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 10th. This represents a $1.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.1%. Westlake Chemical Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 135.00%.

Institutional Trading of Westlake Chemical Partners

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Westlake Chemical Partners by 104.2% during the 3rd quarter. Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC now owns 77,442 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,626,000 after acquiring an additional 39,519 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in Westlake Chemical Partners by 6.0% in the 2nd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 583,932 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $12,899,000 after purchasing an additional 32,863 shares during the period. ING Groep NV grew its stake in Westlake Chemical Partners by 152.4% during the third quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 53,000 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,112,000 after acquiring an additional 32,000 shares in the last quarter. Energy Income Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Westlake Chemical Partners by 1.4% in the second quarter. Energy Income Partners LLC now owns 1,774,544 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $39,200,000 after purchasing an additional 24,459 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in Westlake Chemical Partners in the 2nd quarter worth about $387,000. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Westlake Chemical Partners Company Profile

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Westlake Chemical Partners LP (NYSE: WLKP) is a publicly traded master limited partnership sponsored by Westlake Chemical Corporation. The partnership owns, operates and acquires a portfolio of ethylene and vinyl manufacturing assets throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. As a downstream producer of basic chemicals and intermediates, WLKP supplies key industrial feedstocks to customers in a variety of end markets.

WLKP’s operations are organized into two primary segments: olefins and vinyls.

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