NYSE:KWR - Quaker Chemical Stock Price, Forecast & News

Quaker Chemical trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KWR."

Quaker Chemical declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.385 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. View Quaker Chemical's Dividend History.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 12th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.16. The specialty chemicals company earned $325.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $324.93 million. Quaker Chemical had a net margin of 2.54% and a return on equity of 13.39%. The business's revenue was up 46.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.60 earnings per share. View Quaker Chemical's Earnings History.

Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Quaker Chemical.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their forecasts range from $153.00 to $204.00. On average, they anticipate Quaker Chemical's share price to reach $171.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.5%. 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.

Headlines about KWR stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a coverage optimism score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Quaker Chemical.

Quaker Chemical saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,390,000 shares, an increase of 10.3% from the January 15th total of 1,260,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 112,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 12.4 days. Approximately 10.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Quaker Chemical's Current Options Chain.

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Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Eagle Asset Management Inc. (5.56%), Royce & Associates LP (4.48%), State Street Corp (2.26%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (1.39%), Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ (1.15%) and Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.10%). Company insiders that own Quaker Chemical stock include (Steve) Brockhurst Stephen, 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 and Shane Hostetter. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, UBS Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Arizona State Retirement System, GW&K Investment Management LLC and Blueshift Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Quaker Chemical company stock in the last year include Donald R Caldwell and Michael F Barry. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bamco Inc. NY, Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, State Street Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $186.94.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $3.31 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]