Westlake Corporation | WLK

Daily Technical Analysis of Westlake Corporation

Westlake hasn't moved too much today but is slightly up, only up 0.76% since yesterday.

Currently WLK isn't at a clear support/resistance line that seems tradable. Momentum wise Westlake, has been oscillating up and down but hasn't shown much directional energy that would be predictive to the near future. WLK might find some support at the 124.98 level, buyers might push the price back up from here. But it's not very clear what will happen.

Last analyzed on 2024-11-13

Analyst Ratings for Westlake By Price Target And Rating

The analysts feel fairly neutral on the prospects for Westlake but a little more positive than negative. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 16.53. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. Piper Sandler gave a boost to their price target and moved to $180.00 from $160.00 on 2024-05-07. Royal Bank of Canada gave a boost to their price target and moved to $153.00 from $134.00 on 2024-04-19. On 2024-04-18 there was an upgrade provided by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesel from Hold to Buy and moved up their price target to $174.00 which is a 26.09% increase. Bank of America announced an upgrade on 2024-04-18 from Hold to Buy and moved up their price target to $174.00 which is a 26.09% increase. On 2024-04-10 Citigroup increased their price target by 15.71% to $162.00. On 2024-04-08 there was a downgrade announced by Vertical Research from Buy to Hold and added a price target of $154.00. On 2024-04-04 Barclays increased their price target by 12.68% to $160.00. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price targ by 20% to $180.00 on 2024-04-03. On 2024-01-11 UBS Group increased their price target by 4.32% to $145.00. Tudor, Pickering, Holt &a announced an upgrade on 2024-01-02 from Sell to Hold.

Company	Ratings Score ? Composite analyst sentiment score	Positive Ratings	Negative Ratings	Boost Price Target	Lower Price Target
WLK	16.53	20.62	-9.71	22.6	-0.45

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

(updated 2024-03-31)

Company	YOY Growth Score (typical -20 to +20)	Revision Directions (-6 to +6)
WLK	0.00	0.00

Short interest for Westlake

We take into account several different measures of short interest to create a composite score. These measures are shown in the chart below. Short selling is when investors are betting against a stock. We compile these factors to create a dynamic Short Score - this can indicate poor sentiment, internal problems with a company or industry and the anticipation of future price declines. We look at the short interest percent, days to cover, the rate of change and total shares sold short.

Company	Short Score (typical 1-15) ? We take into account several different measures and attributes of short interest to create a composite sentiment score. typical range (0 - 30)	Short Interest	Days to Cover	Rate of Change	Shares Short
WLK	6.96	%8	5.6	3.498	2600000

How Westlake compares to the broader Basic Materials sector and the more specific Chemicals industry

Segment	Count	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Demark Buy	Short Interest	Analysts Ratings ? We track several different measures of analyst sentiment including ratings and price targets. To create a composite Analyst Sentiment Score, we weight several factors such as the recent rate of change which can be more predictive than the absolute level. We also weight each analyst's opinion based on their historic accuracy. We built in a time decay function to ensure that the rating reflects the current sentiment levels. Typical range (-80 to +80)
Chemicals Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	44	0.60	-0.38	0.20	0.13	-2.86	11.20	51.14	12.58	4.21	4.67	-13421.43	-9911.80	10.23	12.50	3.48	1.23
Basic Materials Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	128	0.40	0.64	1.88	6.89	2.18	23.32	51.62	13.22	6.86	11.19	-11593.11	-12597.97	10.94	10.74	3.78	2.13

Social Sentiment for Westlake

Social Sentiment is an aggregation of several different factors such as news, articles, blogs, user content, ratings, etc. Which is shown in the chart below. It may become predictive of a reversal if price and the sentiment diverge. Broader market forces may push prices up or down but if market participants maintain a different view on a specific stock, it may be taken as an opportunity to buy or sell in those cases.

Ticker	Social Sentiment(1-10)
WLK

Companies with the highest correlation to Westlake

Company	Score	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Buy	Short Interest Score
DOW \| Dow Inc.	1.68	-0.19	-0.44	-11.78	-18.59	-24.09	-14.70	14	-18.00	-23.83	-11.71	-28994.92	0.00	150	1.99361
OLN \| Olin Corp.	1.52	-0.24	-2.42	-9.39	-5.51	-24.16	-12.78	58	-18.56	-21.46	-19.73	-1115.43	-3477.60	0	2.36457
LYB \| LyondellBasell Industries	1.47	0.34	-0.10	-6.79	-15.60	-15.34	-13.79	29	-27.46	-23.39	-12.00	-31359.39	167.50	0	2.45602
EMN \| Eastman Chemical Company	1.22	-0.68	-0.91	-4.50	-0.31	0.45	23.65	37	12.97	17.46	30.55	-2855.35	-16310.61	0	1.12457
CE \| Celanese Corporation Comm	1.15	-0.08	-1.27	-43.48	-44.00	-52.35	-44.70	1	-24.21	-31.43	-19.54	-87380.32	0.00	150	6.61019
BMO \| Bank of Montreal	1.1	-0.05	0.69	0.70	14.85	-0.54	16.36	68	6.75	4.99	4.53	-1056.93	-17902.32	0	12.7416
GE \| General Electric Company	1.06	0.24	-0.24	-0.98	3.56	7.70	86.01	71	51.40	67.49	75.26	-632.75	-39933.23	0	1.01201
CAT \| Caterpillar Inc.	1.05	-0.22	-1.51	-1.44	9.56	8.78	52.96	47	47.82	31.01	58.96	-1441.26	-25121.27	0	1.83693

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