Quaker Houghton
About: Quaker Houghton manufactures and sells a variety of industrial process fluids. The product portfolio of the company includes 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. The geographic segments of the company include America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific, and Global Specialty Businesses. The majority of the revenue is earned from America.
Employees: 4,400
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
334% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $24M | Put options by funds: $5.53M
2.65% more ownership
Funds ownership: 77.66% [Q3] → 80.31% (+2.65%) [Q4]
0% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 96 | Existing positions reduced: 96
10% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 38 | Existing positions closed: 42
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 290 [Q3] → 283 (-7) [Q4]
14% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.35B [Q3] → $2.03B (-$322M) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Seaport Global Michael Harrison 31% 1-year accuracy 5 / 16 met price target | 59%upside $160 | Buy Maintained | 21 Apr 2025 |
Piper Sandler Charles Neivert 38% 1-year accuracy 15 / 39 met price target | 19%upside $120 | Neutral Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan 6% 1-year accuracy 4 / 63 met price target | 68%upside $169 | Outperform Maintained | 26 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 6 articles about KWR published over the past 30 days
