Quaker Chemical Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Quaker Chemical stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KWR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 10th 2021.
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Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 25th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.63 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.11. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $385.85 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $362.23 million. Quaker Chemical had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.63% and a net margin of 0.45%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.34 EPS.
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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 stock has increased by 64.3% and is now trading at $240.01.
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Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.395 per share on Friday, April 30th. This represents a $1.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 15th.
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Quaker Chemical pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.65%. Quaker Chemical has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Quaker Chemical is 27.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Quaker Chemical will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.87% next year. This indicates that Quaker Chemical will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's stock price to reach $227.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.2%.
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29 employees have rated Quaker Chemical CEO Michael F. Barry on Glassdoor.com. Michael F. Barry has an approval rating of 84% among Quaker Chemical's employees.

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Everence Capital Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Quaker Chemical stock include (Steve) Brockhurst Stephen, David Slinkman, Donald R Caldwell, Hungary Holding Korlatolt Gulf, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Mary Dean Hall, Michael F Barry, Michael J Shannon and Shane Hostetter.
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KWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Quaker Chemical company stock in the last year include David Slinkman, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Mary Dean Hall, Michael F Barry, Michael J Shannon, and Shane Hostetter.
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KWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Everence Capital Management Inc..
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One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $240.01.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $4.29 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 4,200 workers across the globe.

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

Quaker Chemical is headquartered at ONE QUAKER PARK 901 HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA, 19428.

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