Quaker Houghton (KWR) Competitors

Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) and Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is IOSP or KWR more profitable?

Innospec has a net margin of 1.08% compared to Quaker Houghton's net margin of -0.39%. Innospec's return on equity of 10.89% beat Quaker Houghton's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innospec	1.08%	10.89%	7.70%
Quaker Houghton	-0.39%	8.35%	4.25%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IOSP or KWR?

96.6% of Innospec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Quaker Houghton shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Innospec shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quaker Houghton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IOSP or KWR?

Quaker Houghton has a consensus target price of $150.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.75%. Given Quaker Houghton's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quaker Houghton is more favorable than Innospec.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innospec	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Quaker Houghton	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is IOSP or KWR a better dividend stock?

Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Quaker Houghton pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Innospec pays out 215.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quaker Houghton pays out -451.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Quaker Houghton has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Does the media favor IOSP or KWR?

In the previous week, Innospec had 3 more articles in the media than Quaker Houghton. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Innospec and 8 mentions for Quaker Houghton. Quaker Houghton's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Innospec's score of 1.31 indicating that Quaker Houghton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Innospec	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quaker Houghton	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, IOSP or KWR?

Quaker Houghton has higher revenue and earnings than Innospec. Quaker Houghton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innospec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innospec	$1.79B	1.21	$35.60M	$0.78	111.65
Quaker Houghton	$1.84B	1.34	$116.64M	-$0.43	-328.42

Which has more volatility and risk, IOSP or KWR?

Innospec has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quaker Houghton has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Innospec beats Quaker Houghton on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.