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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 8th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 16th. This is an increase from Quaker Chemical's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. View Quaker Chemical's Dividend History.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.56 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.56. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $205.87 million for 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 last year, the company posted $1.56 earnings per share. 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 analysts 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 share price to reach $187.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.4% 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 coverage about KWR stock has trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Quaker Chemical.

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Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a number 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 and Shane Hostetter. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was purchased 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 $157.99.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $2.11 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]