Quaker Houghton (KWR) Competitors

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) and Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, KWR or IOSP?

Quaker Houghton has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Innospec. Quaker Houghton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innospec, 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 Houghton	$1.81B	1.15	$116.64M	$5.29	22.22
Innospec	$1.85B	1.14	$35.60M	$1.08	78.27

Which has more risk & volatility, KWR or IOSP?

Quaker Houghton has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innospec has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KWR or IOSP?

77.5% of Quaker Houghton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Innospec shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quaker Houghton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Innospec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to KWR or IOSP?

In the previous week, Innospec had 6 more articles in the media than Quaker Houghton. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Innospec and 2 mentions for Quaker Houghton. Quaker Houghton's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Innospec's score of 0.80 indicating that Quaker Houghton is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quaker Houghton	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Innospec	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KWR or IOSP a better dividend stock?

Quaker Houghton pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Quaker Houghton pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec pays out 155.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quaker Houghton has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Innospec has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Is KWR or IOSP more profitable?

Quaker Houghton has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Innospec's net margin of 1.51%. Innospec's return on equity of 11.38% beat Quaker Houghton's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quaker Houghton	5.20%	8.86%	4.63%
Innospec	1.51%	11.38%	8.00%

Do analysts prefer KWR or IOSP?

Quaker Houghton presently has a consensus target price of $159.25, suggesting a potential upside of 35.46%. Given Quaker Houghton's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quaker Houghton is more favorable than Innospec.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quaker Houghton	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Innospec	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Summary

Quaker Houghton and Innospec tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.