Quaker Houghton (KWR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Quaker 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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $123.50 to $126.99
• 50-Day Range: $104.13 to $131.24
• 52-Week Range: $95.91 to $180.96
• Volume: 240,047 shs
• Average Volume: 189,264 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.56%
• Price Target: $150.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Quaker Houghton Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Quaker Houghton scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 207th out of 372 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Quaker Houghton has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Quaker Houghton has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.65%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Quaker Houghton are expected to grow by 8.65% in the coming year, from $7.75 to $8.42 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Quaker Houghton is -289.96, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Quaker Houghton is -289.96, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Quaker Houghton has a PEG Ratio of 1.55. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Quaker Houghton has a P/B Ratio of 1.61. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.55% of the float of Quaker Houghton has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Quaker Houghton has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.5, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Quaker Houghton has recently increased by 5.65%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Quaker Houghton pays a meaningful dividend of 1.54%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Quaker Houghton has been increasing its dividend for 17 years.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Quaker Houghton will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.04% next year. This indicates that Quaker Houghton will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -5.13

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.55% of the float of Quaker Houghton has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Quaker Houghton has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.5, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Quaker Houghton has recently increased by 5.65%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.18

News Sentiment

Quaker Houghton has a news sentiment score of 0.18. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Quaker Houghton this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Quaker Houghton insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.10% of the stock of Quaker Houghton is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

77.46% of the stock of Quaker Houghton is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

KWR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have KWR shares performed this year?

Quaker Houghton's stock was trading at $140.76 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, KWR shares have decreased by 11.4% and is now trading at $124.6840.

How were Quaker Houghton's earnings last quarter?

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.11. The company's revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Quaker Houghton doing a stock buyback?

Quaker Houghton's board authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 28th 2024, which permits the company to buy back $150,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 4.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Does Quaker Houghton have any subsidiaries?

Quaker Houghton subsidiaries include these companies: Baron Industries, Grindaix-GmbH, Coral, Houghton International, Lubricor Inc, Verkol SAU, Binol AB, and others.

Who are Quaker Houghton's major shareholders?

Quaker Houghton's top institutional investors include Copeland Capital Management LLC (2.43%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.34%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.69%) and WCM Investment Management LLC (0.62%). 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 Houghton?

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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Quaker Houghton own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Quaker Houghton investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Visa (V) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/31 Dividend: 7/17/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/31 Dividend: 7/17/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/31/2025
• Today: 8/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: CHEM - SPECIALTY
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KWR
• CIK: 81362
• Web: www.quakerchem.com
• Phone: (610) 832-4000
• Fax: 610-832-4496
• Employees: 4,400
• Year Founded: 1918

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Quaker Houghton: $150.75
• High Price Target: $182.00
• Low Price Target: $135.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +20.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.43)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.09
• P/E Growth: 1.5
• Net Income: $116.64 million
• Net Margins: -0.39%
• Pretax Margin: 0.69%
• Return on Equity: 8.35%
• Return on Assets: 4.25%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.67
• Current Ratio: 2.56
• Quick Ratio: 1.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.84 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.18
• Cash Flow: $12.54 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.94
• Book Value: $77.35 per share
• Price / Book: 1.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 17,400,000
• Free Float: 17,487,000
• Market Cap: $2.17 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.38