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 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 17th will be given a dividend of $0.37 per share on Tuesday, July 31st. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 16th. This is a positive change from Quaker Chemical's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Quaker Chemical's Dividend History.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.13. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $221.96 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $214.72 million. Quaker Chemical had a net margin of 3.89% and a return on equity of 17.27%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.24 earnings per share. View Quaker Chemical's Earnings History.

Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Quaker Chemical.

5 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Quaker Chemical's stock. Their predictions range from $153.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's share price to reach $164.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Quaker Chemical.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Quaker Chemical.

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News coverage about KWR stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a daily sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 47.31 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.58%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (7.56%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (6.16%), Royce & Associates LP (5.55%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.61%) and Standard Life Aberdeen plc (2.73%). Company insiders that own Quaker Chemical stock include Adrian Steeples, D Jeffry Benoliel, Dieter Laininger, Donald R Caldwell, Jan Nieman, Joseph A Berquist, Joseph F Matrange, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Michael F Barry, Ronald S Ettinger, William H Osborne 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 Eagle Asset Management Inc., Royce & Associates LP, Spark Investment Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and Cortina Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Quaker Chemical company stock in the last year include Adrian Steeples, D Jeffry Benoliel, Donald R Caldwell, Jan Nieman, Joseph A Berquist, Joseph F Matrange, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Michael F Barry, Ronald S Ettinger and William Roland Cook. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisors Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. 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 $177.09.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $2.30 billion and generates $820.08 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $20.27 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.01 on an earnings per share basis. Quaker Chemical employs 2,110 workers across the globe.

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]