NYSE:KWR - Quaker Chemical Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Tuesday, July 31st. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 16th. This is a positive change from Quaker Chemical's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Quaker Chemical's Dividend History.

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE:KWR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.13. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $212.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $206.60 million. Quaker Chemical had a return on equity of 16.10% and a net margin of 3.11%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.18 EPS. View Quaker Chemical's Earnings History.

Quaker Chemical is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Quaker Chemical.

5 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Quaker Chemical's shares. Their predictions range from $153.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Quaker Chemical's stock price to reach $163.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Quaker Chemical.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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Media stories about KWR stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Quaker Chemical earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 48.83 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.10%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%) and Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.03%). Company insiders that own Quaker Chemical stock include Adrian Steeples, D Jeffry Benoliel, Dieter Laininger, Donald R Caldwell, Jan Nieman, Joseph A Berquist, Joseph F Matrange, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Michael F Barry, Ronald S Ettinger, William H Osborne and William Roland Cook. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Quaker Chemical company stock in the last year include Adrian Steeples, D Jeffry Benoliel, Donald R Caldwell, Jan Nieman, Joseph A Berquist, Joseph F Matrange, L Wilbert Platzer, Mark Douglas, Michael F Barry, Ronald S Ettinger and William Roland Cook. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quaker Chemical.

KWR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pennsylvania Trust Co. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $160.60.

Quaker Chemical has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion and generates $820.08 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $20.27 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.01 on an earnings per share basis. Quaker Chemical employs 2,110 workers across the globe.

Quaker Chemical's mailing address is ONE QUAKER PARK 901 HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA, 19428. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 610-832-4000 or via email at [email protected]