NYSE:KWRQuaker Chemical Stock Price, Forecast & News

Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $146.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KWR shares have increased by 27.6% and is now trading at $186.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 11th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.38 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.28. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $378.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $362.76 million. Quaker Chemical had a negative net margin of 0.82% and a positive return on equity of 9.27%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 79.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.41 EPS. View Quaker Chemical's earnings history.

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 17th will be given a dividend of $0.385 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 16th. View Quaker Chemical's dividend history.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Quaker Chemical's stock. Their forecasts range from $153.00 to $156.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's share price to reach $154.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.1%. View analysts' price targets for Quaker Chemical.

Media headlines about KWR stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,260,000 shares, a drop of 5.4% from the June 15th total of 2,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 147,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 15.3 days. Currently, 17.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Quaker Chemical's Current Options Chain.

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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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.22%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). Company insiders that own Quaker Chemical stock include (Steve) Brockhurst Stephen, D Jeffry Benoliel, Dieter Laininger, Donald R Caldwell, Hungary Holding Korlatolt Gulf, Jan Nieman, Jeffry D Frisby, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Michael F Barry, Michael J Shannon, Ronald S Ettinger and Shane Hostetter. View institutional ownership trends for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Park National Corp OH, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $186.49.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $3.31 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 4,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Quaker Chemical is 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]