Quaker Chemical Q1 EPS Forecast Reduced by Seaport Res Ptn

Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Quaker Chemical in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 21st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now anticipates that the specialty chemicals company will earn $1.65 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.71. The consensus estimate for Quaker Chemical’s current full-year earnings is $7.75 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Quaker Chemical’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.01 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $7.64 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on KWR. Piper Sandler cut their price target on shares of Quaker Chemical from $170.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. StockNews.com cut shares of Quaker Chemical from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Quaker Chemical from $172.00 to $169.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 26th.

Quaker Chemical Price Performance

Shares of KWR stock opened at $103.98 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a current ratio of 2.54. Quaker Chemical has a fifty-two week low of $95.91 and a fifty-two week high of $197.03. The firm has a market cap of $1.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.44. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $124.56 and its 200-day moving average price is $141.29.

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by ($0.29). The firm had revenue of $444.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $430.47 million. Quaker Chemical had a return on equity of 10.10% and a net margin of 6.58%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.78 earnings per share.

Quaker Chemical Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 16th will be paid a $0.485 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 16th. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.87%. Quaker Chemical’s payout ratio is 29.80%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of KWR. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Quaker Chemical during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Quaker Chemical by 390.5% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 363 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 289 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its stake in Quaker Chemical by 119.7% in the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 391 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Quaker Chemical during the 4th quarter valued at about $58,000. Finally, Covestor Ltd increased its stake in Quaker Chemical by 24.8% during the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 665 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. 77.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Quaker Chemical

Quaker Chemical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and markets various formulated specialty chemical products for a range of heavy industrial and manufacturing applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die-cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging fluids, hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, rod and wire drawing fluids, and surface treatment chemicals.