Quaker Houghton (KWR) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, KWR or IOSP?

Quaker Houghton has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Quaker Houghton	$1.84B	1.31	$116.64M	-$0.43	-321.40
Innospec	$1.85B	1.14	$35.60M	$0.78	109.00

Which has more risk and volatility, KWR or IOSP?

Quaker Houghton has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innospec has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KWR or IOSP 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
Quaker Houghton	-0.39%	8.35%	4.25%
Innospec	1.08%	10.89%	7.70%

Do analysts recommend KWR or IOSP?

Quaker Houghton presently has a consensus price target of $150.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. Given Quaker Houghton's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quaker Houghton is more favorable than Innospec.

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

Is KWR or IOSP a better dividend stock?

Quaker Houghton pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Quaker Houghton pays out -451.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Innospec has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to KWR or IOSP?

In the previous week, Innospec had 14 more articles in the media than Quaker Houghton. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Innospec and 2 mentions for Quaker Houghton. Quaker Houghton's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Innospec's score of 0.09 indicating that Quaker Houghton is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quaker Houghton	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Innospec	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KWR or IOSP?

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

Summary

Innospec beats Quaker Houghton on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.