Rhumbline Advisers Decreases Stock Position in Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) (2025)

Posted by ABMN Staff on Jun 13th, 2025

Rhumbline Advisers cut its holdings in Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR – Free Report) by 1.7% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 41,023 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock after selling 698 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers’ holdings in Quaker Chemical were worth $5,071,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Quaker Chemical in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in Quaker Chemical in the fourth quarter valued at $58,000. Covestor Ltd lifted its position in shares of Quaker Chemical by 24.8% in the fourth quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 665 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $94,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd lifted its position in shares of Quaker Chemical by 10,163.6% in the fourth quarter. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd now owns 1,129 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $159,000 after acquiring an additional 1,118 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Quaker Chemical in the fourth quarter valued at $194,000. 77.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Quaker Chemical Trading Down 0.6%

KWR stock opened at $119.34 on Friday. Quaker Chemical Co. has a 1-year low of $95.91 and a 1-year high of $193.74. The firm has a market cap of $2.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.38. The business’s 50 day moving average is $106.45 and its 200-day moving average is $127.37. The company has a current ratio of 2.54, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $442.91 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $455.23 million. Quaker Chemical had a return on equity of 10.10% and a net margin of 6.58%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.09 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Quaker Chemical Co. will post 7.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Quaker Chemical Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 17th will be issued a $0.485 dividend. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 17th. Quaker Chemical’s payout ratio is 36.67%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently weighed in on KWR. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Quaker Chemical from $170.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Wall Street Zen lowered Quaker Chemical from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on Quaker Chemical from $172.00 to $169.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Quaker Chemical from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $146.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $159.25.

View Our Latest Analysis on KWR

Quaker Chemical Company Profile

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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.

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