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

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

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.385 per share on Wednesday, July 31st. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 16th. This is a boost from Quaker Chemical's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. View Quaker Chemical's Dividend History.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.56 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.56. The specialty chemicals company earned $205.87 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $223.15 million. Quaker Chemical had a net margin of 6.69% and a return on equity of 18.35%. The company's revenue was down 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.56 EPS. View Quaker Chemical's Earnings History.

Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Quaker Chemical.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Quaker Chemical's stock. Their forecasts range from $176.00 to $198.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's stock price to reach $187.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Quaker Chemical.

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.

News articles about KWR stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Quaker Chemical.

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Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.35%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.27%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (10.70%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (7.37%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.57%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.39%). Company insiders that own Quaker Chemical stock include Adrian Steeples, D Jeffry Benoliel, Dieter Laininger, Donald R Caldwell, Jan Nieman, Jeffry D Frisby, Joseph A Berquist, Joseph F Matrange, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Michael F Barry, Ronald S Ettinger, Shane Hostetter and William Roland Cook. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Vanguard Group Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Eagle Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Quaker Chemical company stock in the last year include Dieter Laininger, Donald R Caldwell, Jeffry D Frisby, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Ronald S Ettinger and Shane Hostetter. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Atria Investments LLC, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado and Citadel Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $160.23.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion and generates $867.52 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $59.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.04 on an earnings per share basis. Quaker Chemical employs 2,160 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]