NYSE:KWR Quaker Chemical (KWR) Stock Price, News & Analysis $157.70 +1.84 (+1.18%) (As of 11/29/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends About Quaker Chemical Stock (NYSE:KWR) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Quaker Chemical alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$155.07▼$159.4450-Day Range$151.78▼$180.2352-Week Range$151.31▼$221.94Volume75,871 shsAverage Volume115,305 shsMarket Capitalization$2.81 billionP/E Ratio23.12Dividend Yield1.23%Price Target$187.33Consensus RatingBuy Company OverviewQuaker Chemical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and markets various formulated specialty chemical products for a range of heavy industrial and manufacturing applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die-cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging fluids, hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, rod and wire drawing fluids, and surface treatment chemicals. The company also provides chemical management services. It serves steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, container, mining, and metalworking companies. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.Read More… Could This Tiny Device Help You Make an Extra $30k a Year? (Ad)I believe it’s going to power Elon Musk’s next AI revolution… A revolution he believes will be worth more than $9 trillion. That’s nearly 10 times more money than the market caps of Tesla… SpaceX… PayPal… Neuralink… and X… COMBINED.Click here to see the details because I believe a lot of people will get rich. Quaker Chemical Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks77th Percentile Overall ScoreKWR MarketRank™: Quaker Chemical scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 80th out of 193 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.5 / 5Analyst RatingBuy Consensus RatingQuaker Chemical has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageQuaker Chemical has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Quaker Chemical's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation2.5 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth13.75% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Quaker Chemical are expected to grow by 13.75% in the coming year, from $7.78 to $8.85 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Quaker Chemical is 23.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 110.77.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Quaker Chemical is 23.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 82.33.Price to Earnings Growth RatioQuaker Chemical has a PEG Ratio of 1.90. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioQuaker Chemical has a P/B Ratio of 1.94. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Quaker Chemical's valuation and earnings. Short Interest0.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted9.68% of the float of Quaker Chemical has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverQuaker Chemical has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 12.6, which indicates bearish sentiment.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Quaker Chemical has recently increased by 0.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. Dividend2.5 / 5Dividend StrengthModerate Dividend YieldQuaker Chemical pays a meaningful dividend of 1.23%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthQuaker Chemical does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Quaker Chemical is 28.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Quaker Chemical will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.92% next year. This indicates that Quaker Chemical will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about Quaker Chemical's dividend. Sustainability and ESG0.0 / 5Environmental Score-5.13 Percentage of Shares Shorted9.68% of the float of Quaker Chemical has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverQuaker Chemical has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 12.6, which indicates bearish sentiment.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Quaker Chemical has recently increased by 0.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. News and Social Media2.6 / 5News Sentiment0.73 News SentimentQuaker Chemical has a news sentiment score of 0.73. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Quaker Chemical this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Quaker Chemical insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $392,317.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.30% of the stock of Quaker Chemical is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions77.46% of the stock of Quaker Chemical is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Quaker Chemical's insider trading history. Receive KWR Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Quaker Chemical and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address KWR Stock News HeadlinesQuaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) EVP Jeewat Bijlani Sells 645 SharesNovember 27, 2024 | insidertrades.comQuaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) Stock Rating Upgraded by StockNews.comNovember 30 at 2:44 AM | americanbankingnews.comCould This Tiny Device Help You Make an Extra $30k a Year?I believe it’s going to power Elon Musk’s next AI revolution… A revolution he believes will be worth more than $9 trillion. That’s nearly 10 times more money than the market caps of Tesla… SpaceX… PayPal… Neuralink… and X… COMBINED.December 1, 2024 | Brownstone Research (Ad)Quaker Houghton Names Joseph Berquist as New CEO and PresidentNovember 25, 2024 | msn.comQuaker Chemical Appoints Joseph Berquist as New CEONovember 22, 2024 | markets.businessinsider.comQuaker Houghton Announces Quarterly DividendNovember 21, 2024 | gurufocus.comQuaker Houghton names Joseph Berquist as new CEONovember 20, 2024 | uk.investing.comQuaker Houghton Announces Quarterly DividendNovember 20, 2024 | prnewswire.comSee More Headlines KWR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have KWR shares performed this year? Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $213.42 at the start of the year. Since then, KWR stock has decreased by 26.1% and is now trading at $157.70. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How were Quaker Chemical's earnings last quarter? Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.08 by $0.19. Quaker Chemical's revenue was down 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. Is Quaker Chemical doing a stock buyback? Quaker Chemical's board initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, February 28th 2024, which permits the company to buy back $150,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 4.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued. Does Quaker Chemical have any subsidiaries? Quaker Chemical subsidiaries include these companies: Baron Industries, Grindaix-GmbH, Coral, Houghton International, Lubricor Inc, Verkol SAU, Binol AB, and others. Who are Quaker Chemical's major shareholders? Top institutional investors of Quaker Chemical include State Street Corp (3.12%), Royce & Associates LP (2.44%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (2.16%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.76%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael F Barry, Joseph A Berquist, Jeewat Bijlani, Jeffry D Frisby, Melissa Leneis, Robert T Traub, David Slinkman and David Will. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Quaker Chemical? Shares of KWR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. Compare Top Brokerages Here. What other stocks do shareholders of Quaker Chemical own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Quaker Chemical investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Visa (V) and Netflix (NFLX). Company Calendar Ex-Dividend for 10/31 Dividend10/17/2024Last Earnings10/31/2024Dividend Payable10/31/2024Today11/30/2024Fiscal Year End12/31/2024Next Earnings (Estimated)3/06/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorBasic Materials Industry Miscellaneous products of petroleum & coal Sub-IndustrySpecialty Chemicals Current SymbolNYSE:KWR CUSIP74731610 CIK81362 Webwww.quakerchem.com Phone(610) 832-4000Fax610-832-4496Employees4,400Year Founded1918Price Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$187.33 High Stock Price Target$200.00 Low Stock Price Target$180.00 Potential Upside/Downside+18.8%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage3 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$6.82 Trailing P/E Ratio23.12 Forward P/E Ratio20.27 P/E Growth1.88Net Income$112.75 million Net Margins6.58% Pretax Margin9.14% Return on Equity10.10% Return on Assets5.24% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.48 Current Ratio2.54 Quick Ratio1.88 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.95 billion Price / Sales1.44 Cash Flow$12.44 per share Price / Cash Flow12.68 Book Value$81.31 per share Price / Book1.94Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares17,790,000Free Float17,557,000Market Cap$2.81 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.38 Social Links 7 Stocks to Own Before the 2024 ElectionLooking to avoid the hassle of mudslinging, volatility, and uncertainty? 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