KWR vs. ALB, NEU, CE, BCPC, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, MTX, and SCL
Should you be buying Quaker Houghton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quaker Houghton include Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H. B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Quaker Houghton vs. Its Competitors
Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Quaker Houghton has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quaker Houghton has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Albemarle. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quaker Houghton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.5% of Quaker Houghton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quaker Houghton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Albemarle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Albemarle had 2 more articles in the media than Quaker Houghton. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Albemarle and 7 mentions for Quaker Houghton. Albemarle's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Quaker Houghton's score of 1.07 indicating that Albemarle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quaker Houghton currently has a consensus price target of $159.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.43%. Albemarle has a consensus price target of $91.62, indicating a potential upside of 34.85%. Given Albemarle's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Quaker Houghton.
Quaker Houghton pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Quaker Houghton pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albemarle pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Quaker Houghton has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Albemarle has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Albemarle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Quaker Houghton has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -22.39%. Quaker Houghton's return on equity of 8.86% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
Summary
Albemarle beats Quaker Houghton on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KWR) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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