Q2 EPS Estimates for Quaker Houghton Cut by Seaport Res Ptn

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Quaker Houghton in a report released on Tuesday, July 1st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings per share of $1.73 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.80. The consensus estimate for Quaker Houghton’s current full-year earnings is $7.75 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Quaker Houghton’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.12 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.07 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.98 EPS.

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.06. Quaker Houghton had a return on equity of 8.86% and a net margin of 5.20%. The company had revenue of $442.91 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $455.23 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.09 earnings per share. Quaker Houghton’s revenue was down 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on KWR. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Quaker Houghton from $170.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Quaker Houghton from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $146.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, June 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $159.25.

Quaker Houghton Price Performance

KWR opened at $124.26 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $110.26 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $123.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a current ratio of 2.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.37. Quaker Houghton has a 52-week low of $95.91 and a 52-week high of $193.74.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Quaker Houghton

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KWR. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. bought a new stake in Quaker Houghton during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 400.0% during the 1st quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 230 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in shares of Quaker Houghton by 390.5% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 363 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $45,000 after acquiring an additional 289 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton 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. Finally, Covestor Ltd increased its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 24.8% in the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 665 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.46% of the company’s stock.

Quaker Houghton Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 17th will be given a dividend of $0.485 per share. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 17th. Quaker Houghton’s payout ratio is currently 36.67%.

About Quaker Houghton

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.