Quaker Chemical (KWR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KWR shares.
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3 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their KWR share price forecasts range from $232.00 to $250.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $239.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 48.7% from the stock's current price.
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Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $166.90 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KWR stock has decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $160.69.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.85 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $495.44 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $507 million. Quaker Chemical had a net margin of 0.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.59%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.32 EPS.

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.455 per share on Tuesday, October 31st. This represents a $1.82 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 16th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.44.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM), Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (PYZ), SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG) and Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (VIOG).SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.08%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 370.21%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, KWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.12% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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29 employees have rated Quaker Chemical Chief Executive Officer Michael F. Barry on Glassdoor.com. Michael F. Barry has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Quaker Chemical investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), InterDigital (IDCC), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Altria Group (MO), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), STAG Industrial (STAG), HCA Healthcare (HCA), NVIDIA (NVDA) and AT&T (T).

Quaker Chemical trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KWR."

Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.33%), Durable Capital Partners LP (5.04%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.34%), Brown Advisory Inc. (3.24%), State Street Corp (2.60%) and Royce & Associates LP (2.31%). Insiders that own company stock include David Slinkman, David Will, Dieter Laininger, Jeffry D Frisby, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Mary Dean Hall, Melissa Leneis, Michael F Barry, Michael J Shannon, Robert T Traub and Shane Hostetter.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $160.69.

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) has a market capitalization of $2.89 billion and generates $1.94 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $-15,930,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,600 workers across the globe.

Quaker Chemical's mailing address is ONE QUAKER PARK 901 HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA, 19428. The official website for the company is www.quakerchem.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (610) 832-4000, via email at gehrisv@quakerchem.com, or via fax at 610-832-4496.