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$125.45 +3.69 (+3.03%)
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KWR vs. IOSP, OBK, AVNT, FUL, ITT, ITW, KMT, MTX, SCL, and ALB

Should you be buying Quaker Houghton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quaker Houghton include Innospec (IOSP), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Avient (AVNT), H. B. Fuller (FUL), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Kennametal (KMT), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Stepan (SCL), and Albemarle (ALB).

Quaker Houghton vs. Its Competitors

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

Quaker Houghton has a consensus target price of $159.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.94%. Given Quaker Houghton's higher probable 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

Innospec has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quaker Houghton has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Quaker Houghton has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Innospec's net margin of 1.51%. Innospec's return on equity of 11.38% beat Quaker Houghton's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Innospec1.51% 11.38% 8.00%
Quaker Houghton 5.20%8.86%4.63%

Quaker Houghton has lower revenue, but higher 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Innospec$1.85B1.16$35.60M$1.0879.46
Quaker Houghton$1.84B1.21$116.64M$5.2923.71

In the previous week, Innospec had 2 more articles in the media than Quaker Houghton. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Innospec and 7 mentions for Quaker Houghton. Quaker Houghton's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Innospec's score of 0.64 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Quaker Houghton
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Quaker Houghton pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Innospec pays out 155.6% 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 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Quaker Houghton has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

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

Summary

Innospec and Quaker Houghton tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KWR vs. The Competition

MetricQuaker HoughtonCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.15B$15.73B$3.34B$20.89B
Dividend Yield1.59%2.02%5.15%3.61%
P/E Ratio23.7117.67107.2327.91
Price / Sales1.213.1428,760,257,957,359,200.0073.16
Price / Cash9.8913.2123.9422.61
Price / Book1.653.136.104.70
Net Income$116.64M$421.06M$147.72M$993.85M
7 Day Performance6.71%2.68%2.64%2.94%
1 Month Performance9.41%7.53%8.19%6.76%
1 Year Performance-30.85%6.77%29.65%11.40%

Quaker Houghton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KWR
Quaker Houghton
4.4795 of 5 stars
$125.45
+3.0%
$159.25
+26.9%
-32.7%$2.15B$1.84B23.714,400Positive News
IOSP
Innospec
3.3046 of 5 stars
$87.51
-0.8%
N/A-34.0%$2.18B$1.79B81.032,450Positive News
Analyst Revision
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.675 of 5 stars
$37.96
+1.8%
$42.20
+11.2%
+3.9%$1.18B$358.20M15.431,010News Coverage
AVNT
Avient
4.6575 of 5 stars
$33.59
-1.8%
$46.80
+39.3%
-26.3%$3.07B$3.24B31.399,200Analyst Revision
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.4787 of 5 stars
$62.25
-1.6%
$67.25
+8.0%
-27.5%$3.36B$3.57B33.657,500Dividend Announcement
ITT
ITT
4.5241 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+12.9%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5268 of 5 stars
$257.72
-0.8%
$253.83
-1.5%
+6.1%$75.51B$15.90B22.6744,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KMT
Kennametal
2.7537 of 5 stars
$24.45
-1.0%
$25.40
+3.9%
+1.0%$1.86B$2.05B17.598,447Positive News
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.8581 of 5 stars
$58.69
-0.8%
$80.00
+36.3%
-31.7%$1.86B$2.12B-76.213,891Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
SCL
Stepan
4.0186 of 5 stars
$58.23
-1.3%
N/A-36.3%$1.31B$2.22B23.672,396News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ALB
Albemarle
3.9632 of 5 stars
$71.92
+1.3%
$91.62
+27.4%
-10.9%$8.46B$5.38B-6.478,300Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
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This page (NYSE:KWR) was last updated on 7/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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