Quaker Houghton Q3 EPS Forecast Lifted by Seaport Res Ptn

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Quaker Houghton in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, July 1st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now forecasts that the specialty chemicals company will earn $2.04 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.99. 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 FY2025 earnings at $7.47 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.37 EPS.

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

KWR has been the subject of several other research reports. Piper Sandler reduced their target price 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 report on Monday, June 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $159.25.

Quaker Houghton Stock Up 0.8%

Quaker Houghton stock opened at $124.26 on Friday. Quaker Houghton has a twelve month low of $95.91 and a twelve month high of $193.74. The company has a 50 day moving average of $110.64 and a 200-day moving average of $122.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.20 billion, a PE ratio of 23.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a quick ratio of 1.79, a current ratio of 2.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Quaker Houghton

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of KWR. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,638,419 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $230,624,000 after purchasing an additional 23,832 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 19.2% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 759,233 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $106,870,000 after purchasing an additional 122,494 shares in the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP boosted its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 27.8% in the 4th quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 555,219 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $78,153,000 after purchasing an additional 120,916 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 13.0% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 445,365 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $62,689,000 after purchasing an additional 51,393 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Quaker Houghton by 14.0% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 431,054 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $53,283,000 after purchasing an additional 52,962 shares in the last quarter. 77.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Quaker Houghton Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.485 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 17th. This represents a $1.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.56%. Quaker Houghton’s payout ratio is 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.