NYSE:KWRQuaker Chemical Stock Price, Forecast & News

Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $146.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KWR shares have increased by 26.7% and is now trading at $185.15. 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) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.28. The specialty chemicals company earned $378.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $362.76 million. Quaker Chemical had a positive return on equity of 9.27% and a negative net margin of 0.82%. Quaker Chemical's revenue was up 79.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.41 EPS. View Quaker Chemical's earnings history.

Quaker Chemical declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 16th. View Quaker Chemical's dividend history.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their forecasts range from $153.00 to $156.00. On average, they anticipate Quaker Chemical's stock price to reach $154.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.5%. View analysts' price targets for Quaker Chemical.

Press coverage about KWR stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,390,000 shares, an increase of 29.2% from the May 31st total of 1,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 167,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 14.3 days. Approximately 18.2% of the shares of the company 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 shareholders include 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH. 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 $185.15.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $3.29 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]