Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK)

54.49 -0.72  -1.30%  May 31, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Westlake Chemical Corporation Profit Margin: 8.49%

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WLK Profit Margin Rankings

Overall 65th percentile 1538 of 4396
Sector 60th percentile 189 of 473 in Basic Materials
Industry 69th percentile 16 of 53 in Specialty Chemicals

WLK Profit Margin Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum -18.35% Dec 2008
Maximum 10.57% Dec 2010
Average 3.69%

About Profit Margin

Profit margin represents the percentage of revenue that a company keeps as profit after accounting for fixed and variable costs. It is calculated by dividing net income by revenue. The profit margin is mainly used for internal comparisons, because acceptable profit margins vary between industries. In general, narrow profit margins indicate increased volatility. For companies with significant fixed costs, wide profit margins reduce the risk that a decline in sales will cause a net profit loss.

Displayed as a percentage, profit margin can be thought as the amount of profit that a company keeps per dollar of revenue. For example, if a company has a profit margin of 43%, the company keeps $.43 of each dollar of revenue.
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WLK News

$WLK Insider Sale: $2.6M of stock sold by James Chao on May 29, 2012 http://stks.co/43XC
about 15 hours ago by MarketBrief
$WLK Insider Sale: $1.4M of stock sold by James Chao on May 29, 2012 http://stks.co/43X6
about 15 hours ago by MarketBrief
$WLK Insider Sale: $1.1M of stock sold by Condon Donald Marion Jr on May 29, 2012 http://stks.co/43VV
about 15 hours ago by MarketBrief
$WLK Insider Sale: $1.9M of stock sold by James Chao on May 25, 2012 http://stks.co/41G0
about 3 days ago by MarketBrief
UBS Upgrades Westlake Chemical (WLK) to Neutral
May 24, 7:39AM Street Insider
I agree with Dwight Anderson on his bullish $WLK call. Nat gas prices really do seem to have changed the domestic petrochemicals market.
about 12 days ago by bradloncar
HIGH $PUT VOLU $ZIOP 9352% $GEL 7741% $RGP 6447% $NDAQ 4607% $GSM 3494% $IL 2610% $WLK 2402% $CPB 2038% $SCHW 1837% $SLE 1726%
about 14 days ago by livevol_pro
$NDSN getting smoked ahead of earnings on Monday, already down over -$7/shr in just the last couple of weeks. $DOW $WLK $DD
about 14 days ago by EPS_MomentuM
$NDSN chart says its gonna miss big on Monday. http://stks.co/3tjt $WLK $DD $DOW
about 14 days ago by EPS_MomentuM
EBR: Watchlist/worksheet/4 Trading Ideas: $GOOG $HOV $CTXS $WLK http://stks.co/3qnT
about 16 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
Why Georgia Gulf Shares Dropped
May 07, 12:03PM Fool
$GGC (-9.7%), $AIG (-4.1%) Active In Late Trading. $WLK http://stks.co/3gcl
about 27 days ago by abubnic
$WLK pulls offer for $GGC. $GGC falls 6 bucks after hours, but bouncing now. Down $3. $$
about 28 days ago by TripleDTrader
Westlake Chemical $WLK withdraws proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf $GGC
about 28 days ago by Street_Insider
Early premkt earn./news gapping down: $QNST $DPZ $PFE $VPHM $EMR $WLK $ECOL $JEC $FMC $GNK $FST $MCK $PRXL $WMS $CMI
about 31 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
RT @Kenshreve: Earnings before the open Tues: $BIIB $DPZ $HPY $PFE $SAVE $WLK
about 31 days ago by Shelman23
Earnings before the open Tues: $BIIB $DPZ $HPY $PFE $SAVE $WLK
about 31 days ago by Kenshreve
$WLK bought this one yesterday, doing well, but overlooked that they&#39;ll report earnings on Tuesday. Will close on Monday at latest.
about 35 days ago by sunshinetrader
$WLK forms bullish &quot;Double Bottom&quot; chart pattern. http://stks.co/3Xnz
about 35 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$EMN Chemicals are in a secular bull market. $CYT, $PPG, $WLK, $SHW, $VAL,
about 37 days ago by davevermilion
Dow Chemical to spend $4bn over 5 years to capitalize on low nat gas prices http://stks.co/3OAJ $DOW $WLK $NG_F
about 44 days ago by FinanceTrends
Really nicely done with BANR~~&gt;RT @GYSC16 New Post! EconomicDisconnect &quot;Reading Material&quot;: http://stks.co/2tM5 $BANR $CTXS $WLK $WRI $PETD
about 77 days ago by StockSage1
oops - new buys also $WLK $TRMB $FULT $RMD $AAP $CBT
about 79 days ago by StockTiger
$WLK Panel backs $1.84 million tax rebate http://stks.co/2p0E
about 80 days ago by stockspot
$WLK http://stks.co/2ouL From watch list - broke up - though volume is 323% of average full day so not big
about 80 days ago by StockTiger
$WLK http://stks.co/2mu3 Strong stock that could have a nice b/o soon
about 81 days ago by fornix

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