Analysts Offer Predictions for Quaker Chemical Q1 Earnings

Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR - Free Report) - Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Quaker Chemical in a report released on Monday, April 21st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the specialty chemicals company will earn $1.65 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.71. The consensus estimate for Quaker Chemical's current full-year earnings is $7.75 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Quaker Chemical's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.01 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $7.64 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on KWR. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Quaker Chemical from $172.00 to $169.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on Quaker Chemical from $170.00 to $140.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Quaker Chemical from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th.

Quaker Chemical Trading Down 1.1 %

KWR traded down $1.18 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $103.90. The company had a trading volume of 37,082 shares, compared to its average volume of 128,140. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Quaker Chemical has a 52 week low of $95.91 and a 52 week high of $197.03. The stock has a market cap of $1.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.23, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.44. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $122.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of $139.98.

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 24th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.62 by ($0.29). The company had revenue of $444.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $430.47 million. Quaker Chemical had a net margin of 6.58% and a return on equity of 10.10%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.78 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Quaker Chemical

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in Quaker Chemical by 16.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 636,739 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock worth $107,284,000 after purchasing an additional 90,726 shares during the period. CIBC Asset Management Inc purchased a new position in shares of Quaker Chemical during the fourth quarter valued at $211,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Quaker Chemical by 26.6% in the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 394,708 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock valued at $53,680,000 after acquiring an additional 82,843 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of Quaker Chemical by 9.2% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 1,729 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock valued at $243,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC lifted its stake in Quaker Chemical by 284.2% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 28,395 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock worth $4,784,000 after acquiring an additional 21,004 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 77.46% of the company's stock.

Quaker Chemical Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 16th will be given a $0.485 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 16th. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.87%. Quaker Chemical's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 29.80%.

About Quaker Chemical

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.