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Quaker Chemical Corporation (KWR)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Conshohocken, United States | NYSE
139.81 USD +9.06 (6.929%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 139.78 -0.03 (-0.034%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:25 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:19 p.m. EDT

KWR appears to be in a state of transition with mixed signals from the market. The stock has shown recent volatility, with a notable 19% drop following a Q4 earnings miss, but there is a consistent dividend history, which is a positive for income-focused investors. The stock's fundamentals are mixed, with a low profit margin and high debt-to-equity ratio, which could limit long-term growth potential. Short-term traders may find opportunities in the recent price dip, but the overall risk profile suggests caution. Long-term investors might consider buying and holding if they believe in the company's growth potential in the specialty chemicals sector, but the current forecast model indicates limited predictive reliability, so further analysis is needed.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.143675
AutoETS0.143939
MSTL0.145057
AutoTheta0.182428

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 59%
H-stat 2.10
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.084
Excess Kurtosis -1.32
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-04-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 65.808
Revenue per Share 108.089
Market Cap 2,423,617,024
Forward P/E 15.00
Beta 1.42
Profit Margins -0.13%
Website https://home.quakerhoughton.com

As of April 11, 2026, 1:19 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. Calls are heavily weighted towards out-of-the-money strikes, suggesting a bullish bias, but puts show significant positioning in the lower range, indicating some bearish sentiment. The overall options activity implies a cautious outlook, with traders possibly anticipating volatility. The high implied volatility on puts and the presence of significant open interest in both calls and puts suggest uncertainty about the stock's direction in the short term.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.39% 1.51% 1.31% 1.18%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-16 0.508000 0.388528
2026-01-16 0.508000 0.322822
2025-10-17 0.508000 0.391979
2025-07-17 0.485000 0.402817
2025-04-16 0.485000 0.487944
2025-01-17 0.485000 0.362777
2024-10-17 0.485000 0.301110
2024-07-17 0.455000 0.243148
2024-04-15 0.455000 0.243837
2024-01-16 0.455000 0.238306
2023-10-16 0.455000 0.322647
2023-07-14 0.435000 0.229150
2023-04-13 0.435000 0.228391
2023-01-13 0.435000 0.234124
2022-10-14 0.435000 0.338643
2022-07-14 0.415000 0.326473
2022-04-13 0.415000 0.268198
2022-01-13 0.415000 0.197805
2021-10-14 0.415000 0.185586
2021-07-15 0.395000 0.181402
2021-04-15 0.395000 0.171345
2021-01-14 0.395000 0.149601
2020-10-15 0.395000 0.219636
2020-07-16 0.385000 0.201416
2020-04-15 0.385000 0.311213
2020-01-16 0.385000 0.242788
2019-10-16 0.385000 0.257129
2019-07-16 0.385000 0.223178
2019-04-15 0.370000 0.187313
2019-01-16 0.370000 0.212080
2018-10-16 0.370000 0.203769
2018-07-16 0.370000 0.254539
2018-04-13 0.355000 0.253901
2018-01-16 0.355000 0.251706
2017-10-16 0.355000 0.255951
2017-07-13 0.355000 0.262893
2017-04-11 0.345000 0.272215
2017-01-12 0.345000 0.295243
2016-10-13 0.345000 0.359665
2016-07-13 0.345000 0.399871
2016-04-13 0.320000 0.414387
2016-01-13 0.320000 0.509037
2015-10-14 0.320000 0.438427
2015-07-15 0.320000 0.422286
2015-04-14 0.300000 0.392850
2015-01-14 0.300000 0.407335
2014-10-15 0.300000 0.487122
2014-07-15 0.300000 0.459695
2014-04-14 0.250000 0.363826
2014-01-15 0.250000 0.381698
2013-10-15 0.250000 0.385887
2013-07-15 0.250000 0.433348
2013-04-12 0.245000 0.491353
2013-01-15 0.245000 0.488702
2012-10-15 0.245000 0.616088
2012-07-13 0.245000 0.628680
2012-04-12 0.240000 0.720876
2012-01-12 0.240000 0.664596
2011-10-13 0.240000 0.948205
2011-07-13 0.240000 0.652525
2011-04-13 0.235000 0.712435
2011-01-12 0.235000 0.662037
2010-10-13 0.235000 0.787066
2010-07-14 0.235000 0.973547
2010-04-14 0.230000 0.944302
2010-01-13 0.230000 1.329637
2009-10-14 0.230000 1.396766
2009-07-15 0.230000 2.028859
2009-04-14 0.230000 3.229200
2009-01-14 0.230000 2.559726
2008-10-15 0.230000 1.932560
2008-07-15 0.230000 1.153755
2008-04-14 0.230000 1.044476
2008-01-15 0.215000 1.644505
2007-10-15 0.215000 1.323578
2007-07-13 0.215000 1.259479
2007-04-12 0.215000 1.319524
2007-01-12 0.215000 1.456381
2006-10-13 0.215000 1.623734
2006-07-13 0.215000 1.711580
2006-04-11 0.215000 1.626182
2006-01-12 0.215000 1.643703
2005-10-13 0.215000 2.008474
2005-07-13 0.215000 1.807539
2005-04-13 0.215000 1.588016
2005-01-12 0.215000 1.488375
2004-10-13 0.215000 1.467118
2004-07-14 0.215000 1.325363
2004-04-14 0.215000 1.359723
2004-01-14 0.210000 1.200347
2003-10-15 0.210000 1.393685
2003-07-15 0.210000 1.298633
2003-04-14 0.210000 1.593250
2003-01-15 0.210000 1.611076
2002-10-15 0.210000 1.844077
2002-07-15 0.210000 1.637215
2002-04-12 0.210000 1.521946
2002-01-15 0.205000 1.763023
2001-10-15 0.205000 1.971879
2001-07-13 0.205000 1.904132
2001-04-11 0.205000 2.111675
2001-01-12 0.205000 2.080723
2000-10-13 0.205000 2.243795
2000-07-13 0.195000 2.207986
2000-04-12 0.195000 2.217920
2000-01-12 0.195000 2.548778
1999-10-13 0.195000 2.307601
1999-07-14 0.190000 2.274915
1999-04-14 0.190000 2.774310
1999-01-13 0.190000 2.545178
1998-10-14 0.190000 2.818645
1998-07-15 0.180000 1.968188
1998-04-15 0.180000 1.887426
1998-01-14 0.180000 2.138105
1997-10-15 0.180000 2.122465
1997-07-16 0.175000 2.229659
1997-04-16 0.175000 2.329800
1997-01-15 0.175000 2.319554
1996-10-16 0.175000 2.554997
1996-07-18 0.170000 3.190222
1996-06-24 0.068000 1.217753
1996-04-17 0.170000 2.787430
1996-01-10 0.170000 2.981412
1995-10-11 0.170000 2.319833
1995-07-12 0.170000 2.607448
1995-04-07 0.170000 2.514025
1995-01-09 0.170000 2.262180
1994-10-07 0.155000 2.170923
1994-07-11 0.155000 2.100309
1994-04-11 0.155000 2.241367
1994-01-10 0.155000 2.517377
1993-10-08 0.150000 2.345769
1993-07-12 0.150000 2.137136
1993-04-12 0.150000 1.825078
1993-01-11 0.150000 1.816681
1992-07-13 0.140000 1.498782
1992-04-10 0.140000 1.738147
1992-01-13 0.140000 1.749153
1991-10-11 0.130000 1.694670
1991-07-15 0.130000 1.726610
1991-04-15 0.130000 1.759925
1991-01-14 0.130000 2.322828
1990-10-15 0.115000 2.297937
1990-07-17 0.114667 1.765908
1990-04-16 0.113333 2.131548
1990-01-12 0.113333 2.360737
1989-10-06 0.100000 1.955572
1989-07-10 0.100000 2.064051
1989-04-10 0.100000 2.157044
1989-01-13 0.100000 2.119573
1988-10-07 0.090000 2.129620
1988-07-11 0.090000 1.725720
1988-04-11 0.090000 1.672739
1988-01-11 0.090000 2.059741
1987-10-09 0.083333 1.512695
1987-07-13 0.083333 1.654206
1987-04-10 0.083333 2.073876
1987-01-12 0.083333 2.209026
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.03
dividendYield 1.45
exDividendDate 2026-04-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.99
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015219885
lastDividendValue 0.508
lastDividendDate 2026-04-16
dividendDate 2026-04-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.29931426
Address1 One Quaker Park
Address2 901 East Hector Street
All Time High 301.99
All Time Low 4.166667
Ask 139.89
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 183,290
Average Daily Volume3 Month 172,716
Average Volume 172,716
Average Volume10Days 183,290
Beta 1.424
Bid 139.45
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 5
Book Value 79.225
City Conshohocken
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 139.81
Current Ratio 2.423
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 142.32
Day Low 133.83
Debt To Equity 65.808
Display Name Quaker Chemical
Dividend Date 1,777,507,200
Dividend Rate 2.03
Dividend Yield 1.45
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,636,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,636,800
Earnings Growth 0.486
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.459
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,579,200
Ebitda 286,785,984
Ebitda Margins 0.15185
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.994
Enterprise To Revenue 1.669
Enterprise Value 3,153,010,944
Eps Current Year 7.70173
Eps Forward 9.31761
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.14
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,776,297,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 140.754
Fifty Day Average Change -0.94400024
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0067067384
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 29.931427
Fifty Two Week High 183.01
Fifty Two Week High Change -43.199997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.23605266
Fifty Two Week Low 98.26
Fifty Two Week Low Change 41.549995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.42285767
Fifty Two Week Range 98.26 - 183.01
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.07
Float Shares 13,514,945
Forward Eps 9.31761
Forward P E 15.004921
Free Cashflow 91,071,128
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 4,700
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.36290002
Gross Profits 685,393,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.21926
Held Percent Institutions 0.93894
Implied Shares Outstanding 17,335,077
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=80927&p=irol-IRHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,776,297,600
Last Dividend Value 0.508
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 649,382,400
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Quaker Chemical Corporation, doing business as Quaker Houghton, provides industrial process fluids worldwide. The company develops, produces, and markets various formulated specialty chemical products; and offers chemical management services for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications. It offers metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging and hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, and rod and wire drawing fluids. The company serves steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, container, mining, and metalworking companies. Quaker Chemical Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Long Name Quaker Chemical Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,423,617,024
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_298843
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -2,468,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,266,561,317
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 135.45
Operating Cashflow 136,452,992
Operating Margins 0.09
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.3561
Peg Ratio 1.86
Phone 610 832 4000
Post Market Change -0.033920288
Post Market Change Percent -0.024261704
Post Market Price 139.77608
Post Market Time 1,776,464,701
Previous Close 130.75
Price Eps Current Year 18.153065
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.7647207
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.2832645
Profit Margins -0.00132
Quick Ratio 1.57
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.8
Region US
Regular Market Change 9.06
Regular Market Change Percent 6.92925
Regular Market Day High 142.32
Regular Market Day Low 133.83
Regular Market Day Range 133.83 - 142.32
Regular Market Open 135.45
Regular Market Previous Close 130.75
Regular Market Price 139.81
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 182,238
Return On Assets 0.04468
Return On Equity -0.00176
Revenue Growth 0.055
Revenue Per Share 108.089
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 17,335,077
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.109
Shares Short 1,889,975
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,845,630
Short Name Quaker Houghton
Short Percent Of Float 0.16420001
Short Ratio 10.52
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol KWR
Target High Price 184.0
Target Low Price 170.0
Target Mean Price 175.8
Target Median Price 175.0
Total Cash 179,844,992
Total Cash Per Share 10.375
Total Debt 905,852,992
Total Revenue 1,888,633,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.99
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.015219885
Trailing Eps -0.14
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 137.3034
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.5065918
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.01825586
Type Disp Equity
Volume 182,238
Website https://home.quakerhoughton.com
Zip 19,428-2380