Quaker Chemical - KWR Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KWR shares.
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1 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Quaker Chemical's stock. Their KWR share price forecasts range from $210.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $210.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price.
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Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $230.78 at the start of the year. Since then, KWR stock has decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $196.85.
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Quaker Chemical saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,590,000 shares, a decrease of 15.4% from the July 15th total of 1,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 84,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 18.8 days. Approximately 11.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.24. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $492.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $456 million. Quaker Chemical had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.39% and a net margin of 4.47%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.82 EPS.

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Investors of record on Monday, October 17th will be given a dividend of $0.435 per share on Monday, October 31st. This represents a $1.74 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42.
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Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 35.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.46% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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29 employees have rated Quaker Chemical Chief Executive Officer Michael F. Barry on Glassdoor.com. Michael F. Barry has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.03%), Brown Advisory Inc. (3.13%), State Street Corp (2.56%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (2.53%), Royce & Associates LP (2.29%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.57%). Insiders that own company stock include (Steve) Brockhurst Stephen, David Slinkman, David Will, Dieter Laininger, Hungary Holding Korlatolt Gulf, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Mary Dean Hall, Michael F Barry, Michael J Shannon and Shane Hostetter.
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One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $196.85.

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) has a market capitalization of $3.53 billion and generates $1.76 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $121.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,700 workers across the globe.

Quaker Chemical was founded in 1918.

Quaker Chemical's mailing address is ONE QUAKER PARK 901 HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA, 19428. The official website for the company is www.quakerchem.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (610) 832-4000, via email at gehrisv@quakerchem.com, or via fax at 610-832-4496.