NYSE:KWR - Quaker Chemical Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 16th. This is a boost 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, April, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.38 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.13. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $212.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $206.60 million. Quaker Chemical had a net margin of 3.11% and a return on equity of 16.10%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.18 earnings per share. View Quaker Chemical's Earnings History.

Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Quaker Chemical.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their predictions range from $153.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's share price to reach $163.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

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Press coverage about KWR stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a media sentiment score of -0.03 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.10%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%) and Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.03%). 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pennsylvania Trust Co. 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 $162.75.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $2.12 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 HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA, 19428. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 610-832-4000 or via email at [email protected]