Quaker Chemical - KWR Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KWR shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their KWR share price forecasts range from $196.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $198.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price.
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Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $166.90 at the start of the year. Since then, KWR shares have increased by 13.4% and is now trading at $189.19.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 3rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.31. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $492.22 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $483.15 million. Quaker Chemical had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.67% and a net margin of 4.10%.

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 17th will be given a dividend of $0.435 per share on Tuesday, January 31st. This represents a $1.74 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 13th.
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Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.92%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 15 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 39.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.51% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.36%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.57%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Bridge City Capital LLC (0.07%), Comerica Bank (0.05%) and Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include 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 $189.19.

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) has a market capitalization of $3.39 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 $4.36 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,700 workers across the globe.

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.