Q2 EPS Estimates for Quaker Houghton Cut by Seaport Res Ptn

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Quaker Houghton in a research report issued on Tuesday, July 1st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings per share of $1.73 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.80. The consensus estimate for Quaker Houghton's current full-year earnings is $7.75 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Quaker Houghton's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.12 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.07 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.98 EPS.

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $442.91 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $455.23 million. Quaker Houghton had a net margin of 5.20% and a return on equity of 8.86%. The firm's revenue was down 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.09 earnings per share.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Quaker Houghton from $170.00 to $140.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Quaker Houghton from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $146.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Monday, June 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Quaker Houghton has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $159.25.

Quaker Houghton Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE KWR traded up $0.95 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $124.26. The company's stock had a trading volume of 101,244 shares, compared to its average volume of 141,577. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a current ratio of 2.45. Quaker Houghton has a 1-year low of $95.91 and a 1-year high of $193.74. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $110.64 and its 200-day moving average price is $122.84. The firm has a market cap of $2.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.37.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of KWR. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Quaker Houghton by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,638,419 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock worth $230,624,000 after buying an additional 23,832 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Quaker Houghton by 19.2% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 759,233 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock valued at $106,870,000 after acquiring an additional 122,494 shares in the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP boosted its position in Quaker Houghton by 27.8% during the 4th quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 555,219 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock worth $78,153,000 after acquiring an additional 120,916 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 13.0% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 445,365 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock worth $62,689,000 after purchasing an additional 51,393 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Quaker Houghton by 14.0% during the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 431,054 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock valued at $53,283,000 after purchasing an additional 52,962 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 77.46% of the company's stock.

Quaker Houghton Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.485 per share. This represents a $1.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 17th. Quaker Houghton's payout ratio is 36.67%.

About Quaker Houghton

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.