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Quaker Houghton (KWR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$125.90 +1.20 (+0.96%)
Closing price 08/7/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$126.16 +0.27 (+0.21%)
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About Quaker Houghton Stock (NYSE:KWR)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$124.67
$127.52
50-Day Range
$104.13
$131.24
52-Week Range
$95.91
$180.96
Volume
191,635 shs
Average Volume
192,321 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.19 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
1.54%
Price Target
$150.75
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Quaker Houghton Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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57th Percentile Overall Score

KWR MarketRank™: 

Quaker Houghton scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 104th out of 184 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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.

  • Read more about Quaker Houghton's stock forecast and price target.
  • 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 -292.77, 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 -292.77, 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 1.54. 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 1.63. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • 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 Yield

    Quaker Houghton pays a meaningful dividend of 1.56%, 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.

  • Read more about Quaker Houghton's dividend.
  • 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 Sentiment

    Quaker Houghton has a news sentiment score of 0.06. 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 0.41 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Quaker Houghton this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • 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.

  • Read more about Quaker Houghton's insider trading history.
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KWR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Quaker Houghton's stock was trading at $140.76 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, KWR shares have decreased by 10.6% and is now trading at $125.8950.

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.71 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.11. Quaker Houghton's quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Quaker Houghton's board initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 28th 2024, which authorizes the company to buy back $150,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 4.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Quaker Houghton's top institutional shareholders 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.
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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.

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
8/07/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
CHEM - SPECIALTY
Sub-Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Current Symbol
NYSE:KWR
CIK
81362
Employees
4,400
Year Founded
1918

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$182.00
Low Price Target
$135.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+19.7%
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
16.24
P/E Growth
1.54
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
1.19
Cash Flow
$12.43 per share
Price / Cash Flow
10.13
Book Value
$77.35 per share
Price / Book
1.63

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
17,400,000
Free Float
17,204,000
Market Cap
$2.19 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.38

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This page (NYSE:KWR) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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