At the time of writing, Quaker Houghton [KWR] stock is trading at $136.37, up 2.62%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The KWR shares have gain 9.01% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.73%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Quaker Houghton [NYSE: KWR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 07, 2025, when Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral and also revised its price target to $170 from $200. Previously, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on May 16, 2024, and set its price target to $220. On June 02, 2023, Stifel initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $250 on the stock. RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $196 on October 25, 2022. Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to a Buy but $265 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 18, 2022. In a note dated December 11, 2020, Deutsche Bank initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $285 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Quaker Houghton fluctuated between $124.66 and $207.83. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $195 within the next 12 months. Quaker Houghton [NYSE: KWR] shares were valued at $136.37 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 42.99% based on the average KWR price forecast.
Analyzing the KWR fundamentals
According to Quaker Houghton [NYSE:KWR], the company’s sales were 1.86B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -5.78% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.35% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.09. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.53.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 133.97 points at the first support level, and at 131.56 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 138.02, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 139.67.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Quaker Houghton [NYSE:KWR] has a current ratio of 2.54. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.88, while the Cash Ratio is 0.57. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.30, the price to book ratio is 1.68 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.99.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Slinkman David, SVP – Chief Technology Officer, that happened on Nov 25 ’24 when 1700.0 shares were sold. EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Bijlani Jeewat completed a deal on Nov 22 ’24 to sell 645.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner QH Hungary Holdings Limited bought 0.3 million shares on Nov 22 ’24.
