NYSE:KWR - Quaker Chemical Stock Price, Forecast & News

Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $146.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KWR shares have decreased by 23.3% and is now trading at $112.01. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating 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, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March, 2nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.05. The specialty chemicals company earned $391.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $390.54 million. Quaker Chemical had a return on equity of 10.59% and a net margin of 2.79%. Quaker Chemical's revenue for the quarter was up 85.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.51 earnings per share. View Quaker Chemical's earnings history.

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 16th will be given a dividend of $0.385 per share on Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 15th. View Quaker Chemical's dividend history.

3 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their forecasts range from $153.00 to $204.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's stock price to reach $171.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Quaker Chemical.

Media stories about KWR stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutQuaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,670,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the February 13th total of 1,540,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 126,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 13.3 days. Approximately 12.8% of the company's shares are sold short. 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."

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One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $112.01.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $1.99 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. View additional information about Quaker Chemical.

The official website for Quaker Chemical is http://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]