Seaport Res Ptn Weighs in on Quaker Chemical Q1 Earnings

Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) – Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Quaker Chemical in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, November 18th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison expects that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings per share of $2.33 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Quaker Chemical’s current full-year earnings is $7.78 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Quaker Chemical’s Q2 2026 earnings at $2.57 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.59 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on Quaker Chemical from $195.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on Quaker Chemical from $190.00 to $182.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 4th. StockNews.com cut shares of Quaker Chemical from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Quaker Chemical from $190.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th.

Quaker Chemical Stock Up 1.1 %

KWR opened at $165.19 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $163.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $170.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.22, a PEG ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.38. Quaker Chemical has a fifty-two week low of $151.31 and a fifty-two week high of $221.94. 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 (NYSE:KWR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.08 by ($0.19). Quaker Chemical had a return on equity of 10.10% and a net margin of 6.58%. The firm had revenue of $462.27 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $469.17 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.05 EPS. Quaker Chemical’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Quaker Chemical Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.485 per share. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.17%. Quaker Chemical’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 28.45%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Quaker Chemical

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Quaker Chemical by 112.8% in the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 8,903 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $1,500,000 after acquiring an additional 4,720 shares during the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. raised its stake in Quaker Chemical by 46.3% during the first quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 32,570 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $6,685,000 after purchasing an additional 10,310 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in Quaker Chemical by 3.3% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 108,122 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $22,193,000 after purchasing an additional 3,441 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Quaker Chemical by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,607,511 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $329,942,000 after purchasing an additional 8,484 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ProShare Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Quaker Chemical by 68.3% during the 2nd quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 67,812 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $11,508,000 after buying an additional 27,514 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.46% of the company’s stock.

Quaker Chemical Company Profile

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.