Quaker Chemical (KWR) Competitors

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Is KWR or ALB a better dividend stock?

Quaker Chemical pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Quaker Chemical pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albemarle pays out -9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Quaker Chemical has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Albemarle has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Albemarle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KWR or ALB?

Albemarle received 383 more outperform votes than Quaker Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave Quaker Chemical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quaker Chemical	Outperform Votes 391 58.10%	Underperform Votes 282 41.90%
Albemarle	Outperform Votes 774 62.88%	Underperform Votes 457 37.12%

Do analysts rate KWR or ALB?

Quaker Chemical currently has a consensus price target of $187.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Albemarle has a consensus price target of $114.47, indicating a potential upside of 12.11%. Given Albemarle's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Quaker Chemical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quaker Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Albemarle	1 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Which has more volatility and risk, KWR or ALB?

Quaker Chemical has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KWR or ALB?

Albemarle has higher revenue and earnings than Quaker Chemical. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quaker Chemical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quaker Chemical	$1.95B	1.53	$112.75M	$6.82	24.71
Albemarle	$9.62B	1.25	$1.57B	-$16.75	-6.10

Is KWR or ALB more profitable?

Quaker Chemical has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -28.80%. Quaker Chemical's return on equity of 10.10% beat Albemarle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quaker Chemical	6.58%	10.10%	5.24%
Albemarle	-28.80%	1.67%	0.84%

Does the media favor KWR or ALB?

In the previous week, Albemarle had 10 more articles in the media than Quaker Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Albemarle and 3 mentions for Quaker Chemical. Quaker Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Albemarle's score of -0.13 indicating that Quaker Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quaker Chemical	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Albemarle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KWR or ALB?

77.5% of Quaker Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Quaker Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Albemarle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Albemarle beats Quaker Chemical on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.