Quaker Houghton (NYSE: KWR) is -27.82% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $95.91 and a high of $197.03 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 $100.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.69%.
Currently trading at $101.60, the stock is -11.60% and -20.64% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.13 million and changing 0.68% at the moment leaves the stock -32.91% off its SMA200. KWR registered -46.77% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -37.49%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $128.018 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $151.4277.
The stock witnessed a -21.89% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -23.55%, and is -2.27% 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 3.68% over the week and 5.22% over the month.
Quaker Houghton (KWR) has around 4400 employees, a market worth around $1.80B and $1.84B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.64 and Fwd P/E is 10.94. Profit margin for the company is 6.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.93% and -48.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.69%).
with sales reaching $455.23M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.94% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.54% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -3.09% in year-over-year returns.
384.0 institutions hold shares in Quaker Houghton (KWR), with institutional investors hold 107.17% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 17.67M, and float is at 13.80M with Short Float at 11.71%. Institutions hold 83.72% 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 13.0478 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 3.7607 and valued at over $114.37 million, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 3.0467 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 Kutz Jeffrey, the company’s VP, Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Kutz Jeffrey sold 251 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 28 ’25 at a price of $140.00 per share for a total of $35140.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 374.0 shares.
Quaker Houghton disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 25 ’24 that Slinkman David (SVP – Chief Technology Officer) sold a total of 1,700 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 25 ’24 and was made at $167.80 per share for $0.29 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2825.0 shares of the KWR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 22 ’24, Bijlani Jeewat (EVP, Chief Strategy Officer) disposed off 645 shares at an average price of $165.98 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 4,747 shares of Quaker Houghton (KWR).
