Westlake Chemical Dividends
| WLKP Stock | USD 23.40 0.03 0.13% |
Westlake Chemical's past performance could be the main factor of why investors trade Westlake Chemical Partners stock today. Investors should clearly understand every aspect of the Westlake Chemical dividend schedule, including its future sustainability, and how it might impact an overall investment strategy. This tool is helpful to digest Westlake Chemical's dividend schedule and payout information. Westlake Chemical Partners dividends can also provide a clue to the current valuation of Westlake Chemical.
One of the primary advantages of investing in dividend-paying companies such as Westlake Chemical is that dividends usually grow steadily over time. As a result, well-established companies that pay dividends typically increase their dividend payouts yearly, which many long-term traders find attractive. Westlake |
Investing in dividend-paying stocks, such as Westlake Chemical Partners is one of the few strategies that are good for long-term investment. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Westlake Chemical must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend.
Recent Westlake Chemical Dividends Paid (per share)
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Westlake Chemical Expected Dividend Income Per Share
Dividend payment represents part of Westlake Chemical's profit that is distributed to its stockholders. It is considered income for that tax year rather than a capital gain. In other words, a dividend is a prize given to shareholders for investing in Westlake Chemical. Westlake Chemical's board of directors can pay out dividends at a planned frequency, such as monthly or quarterly.
$1.37 Bottom Scenario | $1.41 | $1.46 Top Scenario |
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Westlake Chemical Partners expected dividend income per share adjusted for ongoing price standard deviation
Westlake Chemical Past Distributions to stockholders
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Is Commodity Chemicals space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Westlake Chemical. If investors know Westlake will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Westlake Chemical listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.373 | Dividend Share 1.886 | Earnings Share 1.75 | Revenue Per Share 32.447 | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.14) |
The market value of Westlake Chemical is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Westlake that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Westlake Chemical's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Westlake Chemical's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Westlake Chemical's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Westlake Chemical's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Westlake Chemical's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Westlake Chemical is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Westlake Chemical's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.