Westlake's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2022 was $0.30.
During the past 12 months, Westlake's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 19.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Westlake was 103.70% per year. The lowest was 7.30% per year. And the median was 17.70% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Westlake Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Westlake's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Westlake Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dividend Yield %
0.75
1.39
1.46
1.31
1.17
Westlake Quarterly Data
Jun17
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Dividend Yield %
1.21
1.20
1.22
1.17
0.94
Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Westlake's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Westlake Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Westlake's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Westlake's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Westlake Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Westlake Recent Full-Year Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.298
2022-05-20
2022-05-23
2022-06-07
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.298
2022-02-28
2022-03-01
2022-03-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.298
2021-11-22
2021-11-23
2021-12-08
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.298
2021-08-23
2021-08-24
2021-09-08
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Westlake's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.192
/
98.86
=
1.21 %
Current Share Price is $98.86.
Westlake's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.192.
Westlake's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.192
/
98.86
=
1.21 %
Current Share Price is $98.86.
Westlake's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.298 * 4 = $1.192.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Westlake Corp is a manufacturer and global supplier of chemicals, polymers and building products. Its Performance & Essential Materials segment offers a wide range of essential building blocks for making products utilized in everyday living, including olefins, vinyl chemicals, polyethylene, and epoxies. Its Housing & Infrastructure Products segment produces key finished goods for building products, pipe & fittings, and global compounds businesses.
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