Quaker Chemical (KWR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quaker Chemical in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" KWR shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Quaker Chemical's stock. Their KWR share price targets range from $223.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $236.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.5% from the stock's current price.
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Quaker Chemical's stock was trading at $213.42 at the beginning of the year. Since then, KWR shares have decreased by 11.9% and is now trading at $188.00.
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Quaker Chemical saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, a decrease of 6.8% from the March 15th total of 1,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 81,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 13.4 days. Approximately 7.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.78 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.11. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $467.11 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $470.55 million. Quaker Chemical had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.22% and a net margin of 5.77%. The firm's revenue was down 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.39 earnings per share.

Quaker Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.455 per share on Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a $1.82 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 15th.
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Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.95%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 29.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KWR will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM), Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (PYZ), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF (CAFG) and ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV).SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).

Quaker Chemical declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, February 28th 2024, which allows the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 4.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

29 employees have rated Quaker Chemical Chief Executive Officer Michael F. Barry on Glassdoor.com. Michael F. Barry has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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Quaker Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bridge City Capital LLC (0.08%), Chatham Capital Group Inc. (0.06%), Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.01%), AlphaMark Advisors LLC (0.01%) and Mather Group LLC. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include David Slinkman, David Will, Dieter Laininger, Jeewat Bijlani, Jeffry D Frisby, Joseph A Berquist, L Wilbert Platzer, Melissa Leneis, Michael F Barry, Michael J Shannon and Robert T Traub.
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