Quaker Houghton (NYSE: KWR) is -26.97% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $151.31 and a high of $221.94 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The KWR stock was last observed hovering at around $157.80 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.94%.
Currently trading at $155.86, the stock is -5.81% and -4.57% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.15 million and changing -1.23% at the moment leaves the stock -12.18% off its SMA200. KWR registered -11.29% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.89%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $163.5966 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $177.667.
The stock witnessed a 2.55% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.64%, and is -5.50% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.73% over the week and 3.00% over the month.
Quaker Houghton (KWR) has around 4400 employees, a market worth around $2.77B and $1.86B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.85 and Fwd P/E is 17.75. Profit margin for the company is 6.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.01% and -29.77% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.64%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.34% this year
399.0 institutions hold shares in Quaker Houghton (KWR), with institutional investors hold 105.30% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 17.99M, and float is at 13.63M with Short Float at 9.65%. Institutions hold 80.63% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 2.34 million shares valued at $396.82 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.057 of the KWR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 1.6 million shares valued at $270.81 million to account for 8.9109 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MORGAN STANLEY which holds 0.67 million shares representing 3.7633 and valued at over $114.37 million, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 3.0489 of the shares totaling 0.55 million with a market value of $92.66 million.
Quaker Houghton (KWR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Slinkman David, the company’s SVP – Chief Technology Officer. SEC filings show that Slinkman David sold 1,700 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 25 ’24 at a price of $167.80 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2825.0 shares.
Quaker Houghton disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 22 ’24 that Bijlani Jeewat (EVP, Chief Strategy Officer) sold a total of 645 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 22 ’24 and was made at $165.98 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 4747.0 shares of the KWR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 22 ’24, QH Hungary Holdings Limited (10% Owner) Proposed Sale 300,000 shares at an average price of $166.45 for $49.94 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Quaker Houghton (KWR).
