Quaker Houghton [KWR] stock prices are up 0.77% to $124.26 at the moment. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The KWR shares have gain 7.22% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.24%, and 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 June 09, 2025, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $146 for it. Previously, Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 07, 2025, and dropped its price target to $170. On May 16, 2024, Piper Sandler initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $220 on the stock. Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $250 on June 02, 2023. RBC Capital Mkts initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $196 as its price target on October 25, 2022. Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on January 18, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $265.
The stock price of Quaker Houghton [KWR] has been fluctuating between $95.91 and $193.74 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $192.5 within the next 12 months. Quaker Houghton [NYSE: KWR] shares were valued at $124.26 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 54.92% based on the average KWR price forecast.
Analyzing the KWR fundamentals
The Quaker Houghton [NYSE:KWR] reported sales of 1.81B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -5.71%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.36% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.55.
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 122.68 points at the first support level, and at 121.10 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 125.40, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 126.54.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Quaker Houghton [NYSE:KWR]’s Current Ratio is 2.45. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.79, and the Cash Ratio is 0.5. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.21, the price to book ratio is 1.59 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.57.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved BERQUIST JOSEPH A, CEO and President, that happened on May 09 ’25 when 482.0 shares were purchased. VP, Chief Accounting Officer, Kutz Jeffrey completed a deal on Feb 28 ’25 to sell 251.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP – Chief Technology Officer Slinkman David sold 1700.0 shares on Nov 25 ’24.
