NYSE:KWRQuaker Chemical Stock Price, Forecast & News

Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $146.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KWR shares have increased by 27.0% and is now trading at $185.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.28. The specialty chemicals company earned $378.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $362.76 million. Quaker Chemical had a positive return on equity of 9.27% and a negative net margin of 0.82%. Quaker Chemical's revenue for the quarter was up 79.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.41 earnings per share. View Quaker Chemical's earnings history.

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.385 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 16th. View Quaker Chemical's dividend history.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Quaker Chemical's stock. Their forecasts range from $153.00 to $156.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's share price to reach $154.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.6%. View analysts' price targets for Quaker Chemical.

News articles about KWR stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,260,000 shares, a drop of 5.4% from the June 15th total of 2,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 147,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 15.3 days. Currently, 17.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Quaker Chemical's Current Options Chain.

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

Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.22%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). Company insiders that own Quaker Chemical stock include (Steve) Brockhurst Stephen, D Jeffry Benoliel, Dieter Laininger, Donald R Caldwell, Hungary Holding Korlatolt Gulf, Jan Nieman, Jeffry D Frisby, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Michael F Barry, Michael J Shannon, Ronald S Ettinger and Shane Hostetter. View institutional ownership trends for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Quaker Chemical company stock in the last year include L Wilbert Platzer, Michael F Barry, and Michael J Shannon. View insider buying and selling activity for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Park National Corp OH, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity for Quaker Chemical.

Shares of KWR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $185.49.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $3.29 billion and generates $1.13 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $31.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.83 on an earnings per share basis. Quaker Chemical employs 4,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Quaker Chemical is www.quakerchem.com.

Quaker Chemical's mailing address is ONE QUAKER PARK 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA, 19428. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 610-832-4000 or via email at [email protected]