Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for KWR in the last 90 days.
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Quaker Houghton (KWR) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$156.95+1.00 (+0.6%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeQuaker Houghton refinanced $550 million in U.S. debt this week through a new seven-year Term Loan B facility, extending maturities to October 2033 and reducing required annual principal payments to $5.5 million. The move is aimed at strengthening the company's capital structure and giving it more flexibility in its debt repayment schedule, and it drew positive coverage across multiple reports.
KWR closed at $156.95, up 0.6%, sitting between its 50-day average of $162.19 and 200-day average of $149.47, with the stock up 23.2% over six months and 22.5% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 63.1, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. The current price sits 10.5% above the Gekko Fair Value of $142.01.
The next earnings date falls on 29 October 2026, before the open, which is 17 days away and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter's report saw EPS of $1.65 against an estimate of $1.77, with a reaction of -9.2%. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 20-trading-day return of 15.1% over 5 years, with gains in 5 of those years. Analyst coverage from 3 firms shows all 3 rated buy, with a consensus target of $192.57. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current window.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Quaker Houghton price vs fair value
Close $156.95200-day averageGekko Fair Value $142.01
Quaker Houghton quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.71B
- P/E ratio
- 28.2
- Forward P/E
- 17
- EPS, TTM
- $5.53
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.98B
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Dividend yield
- 1.29%
- Beta
- 1.40
- Volume
- 111,809 avg 137,996
- 1-year return
- +22.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
- 50-day average
- $162.19
- 200-day average
- $149.47
- Next earnings
- Oct 29 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 17.21M
Quaker Houghton swing-trade checklist
Quaker Houghton scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $156.95 sits between the 50-day ($162.19) and 200-day ($149.47) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
63.1, Accumulation
Reading 63.1 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valueheadwind
10.5% above
Price is 10.5% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 17 days
Reports on Oct 29, 2026, 17 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+15.1% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +15.1% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
See seasonality
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Quaker Houghton stock chart and price history
Quaker Houghton closed at $156.95 on Oct 12, 2026, +22.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $112.18 to $183.01.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +0.5%
- 3 months
- +4.7%
- 6 months
- +23.2%
- 1 year
- +22.5%
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About Quaker Houghton
Quaker Houghton develops and markets chemical formulations built for demanding industrial settings, selling to manufacturers that need specialized fluids and coatings for their production lines. Among its offerings are lubricants used in cutting, shaping, and forging metal, plus cleaners, rust-prevention agents, release agents for die casting, compounds for heat treating and quenching, hydraulic and rolling fluids, greases, sub-sea fluids for offshore energy work, and chemicals applied to treat surfaces. It has built recognition around this broad catalog of process chemistry for heavy industry.
The business runs through four parts: operations in the Americas, a combined Europe, Middle East and Africa region, an Asia/Pacific division, and a separate unit for specialty businesses worldwide. Beyond selling products, Quaker Houghton also provides services that help clients manage their chemical usage on site. Its customer base includes companies in steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore drilling, can making, mining, and other metalworking fields.
The company began in 1918 and carried an earlier name before it became Quaker Chemical Corporation in 1962, later taking its present identity. Its home base is Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and its stock trades on the NYSE under the ticker KWR.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Website
- home.quakerhoughton.com
Quaker Houghton GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Quaker Houghton’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.1, in the Accumulation zone, up 7.7 points over five sessions.
63.1Accumulation
Up 7.7 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 51 | −1.5% | +1.4% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 244 | +0.5% | −0.1% | ||
| Neutral | 368 | −0.1% | +0.4% | ||
| Distribution | 18 | −1.3% | −14.7% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average KWR share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Quaker Houghton stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Quaker Houghton trades 10.5% above Gekko Fair Value of $142.01, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Quaker Houghton shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$142.01
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
10.5% Overvalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 14.4% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Quaker Houghton insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Quaker Houghton, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in KWR were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Quaker Houghton has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $24.18M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.89%
- Trailing four quarters
- $34.76M
From company filings.
Quaker Houghton earnings: next date and track record
Quaker Houghton reports on Oct 29, 2026, before the open (17 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 29, 2026
Expected before the open, 17 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.10
- Revenue estimate
- $520.8M
2 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.5%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Feb 23, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Quaker Houghton reported Q4 and full-year 2025 results showing improvement in adjusted EBITDA (up 11% YoY) and adjusted EPS (up 24% YoY), driven by share gains, acquisitions (notably Dipsol), and strong organic volume growth in Asia Pacific. Net sales for Q4 were $468 million (up 6% YoY) with gross margin roughly flat year-over-year but impacted sequentially by North America operational issues. Management highlighted 10 consecutive quarters of organic volume growth in Asia Pacific and net share gains of ~4% company-wide. Raw material costs stabilized late in the year and product margins remained healthy across geographies, with EMEA margin improvement and Asia Pacific organic margin growth. Headwinds included soft markets in Americas and EMEA, weather-related operational disruptions and a customer outage in North America, higher maintenance/repair and disposal costs, and tariff uncertainty. Management expects revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth in 2026, targets 2-4% outgrowth of the market via share gains, sees 1-2% tailwind from acquisitions and FX, and expects gross margins to recover to ~36-37% with a longer-term target of reaching ~18% adjusted EBITDA margin through volume leverage and cost initiatives.
- Guidance
- Management expects revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth in 2026. Targets: 2%–4% outgrowth of the market (organic share gains), mid-single-digit volume and revenue growth, a 1%–2% tailwind from acquisitions (Dipsol) versus prior year, gross margins recovering to ~36%–37% (from Q4 trough), and continued progress toward a longer-term ~18% adjusted EBITDA margin. No specific numeric EPS or revenue guidance was provided.
- Risks flagged
- Soft market conditions in Americas and EMEA (PMIs near 50), weather-related operational disruptions, supply-chain/transit impacts from weather, a specific North America customer outage affecting volumes, tariff uncertainty (USMCA/Mexico), operational challenges (frozen pipes, boiler issues) that impacted absorption and margins, higher maintenance/repair and raw material disposal costs, potential M&A pipeline uncertainty, and excess capacity in Europe leading to potential restructuring.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1.65 est $1.77 | $468.5M est $465.2M | −9.2% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.08 est $2.13 | $493.8M est $465.2M | −5.4% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.71 est $1.86 | $483.4M est $473.9M | +2.8% |
| May 8, 2025 | $1.58 est $1.57 | — | +3.5% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $1.33 est $1.75 | $444.1M est $430.5M | −3.7% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.89 est $2.08 | $462.3M est $441.9M | +4.2% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | $2.13 est $2.22 | $463.6M est $493.7M | −6.5% |
| May 2, 2024 | $2.09 est $1.99 | $469.8M est $494.5M | −1.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Quaker Houghton stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Quaker Houghton is $192.57, +22.7% from the last close, from 3 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$192.57consensus 12-month target, +22.7% from the last close
Now $156.95Avg $192.57
Low $185High $198
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 3 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 | Deutsche Bank | $185 | +17.9% |
| Aug 3 | Truist Financial | $190 | +21.1% |
| Aug 2 | RBC Capital | $198 | +26.2% |
| Jul 17 | RBC Capital | $177 | +12.8% |
−0.1%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+15.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Quaker Houghton seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Quaker Houghton averaged +15.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +15.1% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +12.6% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, KWR’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.7%.
Quaker Houghton market cap and key statistics
Quaker Houghton’s market cap is $2.71B, with a P/E ratio of 28.2 and revenue of $1.98B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.71B
- P/E ratio
- 28.2
- Forward P/E
- 17
- EPS, TTM
- $5.53
- Gekko Fair Value
- $142.01
Trading
- Volume
- 111,809
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 137,996
- 52-week high
- $183.01
- 52-week low
- $112.18
- Shares outstanding
- 17.21M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.98B
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Return on equity
- 7.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +54.8%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.40
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
- Dividend yield
- 1.29%
Quaker Houghton stock news this week
3 headlines about Quaker Houghton from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Quaker Houghton Refinances $550 Million in Debt Through 2033MyChesCo, Oct 12
- How New $550 Million Loan Will Impact Quaker Houghton (KWR) InvestorsSimply Wall Street, Oct 6
- KWR Strengthens Capital Structure With Term Loan B RefinancingZacks Investment Research, Oct 5
Quaker Houghton peers
Quaker Houghton’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LINLinde | Neutral | 0.3% below |
| ECLEcolab | Neutral | 9.4% above |
| APDAir Products and Chemicals | Accumulation | 9.5% below |
| DOWDow | Accumulation | 33.5% below |
| LYBLyondellBasell Industries | Accumulation | 10.6% below |
| ALBAlbemarle | Accumulation | 29.6% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Quaker Houghton stock FAQ
What is Quaker Houghton’s market cap?
Quaker Houghton’s market cap is $2.71B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $156.95, with 17.21M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 28.2.
What is the Quaker Houghton stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Quaker Houghton is $192.57, +22.7% from the last close. Of the 3 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Quaker Houghton stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Quaker Houghton is overvalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $156.95 is 10.5% above Gekko Fair Value of $142.01. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Quaker Houghton report earnings next?
Quaker Houghton is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026, before the market opens (17 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.10 per share on revenue of $520.8M. Quaker Houghton beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.5% on average across the report.
What is Quaker Houghton’s 52-week high and low?
Quaker Houghton’s 52-week high is $183.01 and its 52-week low is $112.18; it closed at $156.95 on Oct 12, 2026, +22.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $276.60 on Nov 11, 2021.
Is Quaker Houghton stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 2 as headwinds (fair value and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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