Quaker Houghton (KWR)

• Market cap: $2.47B
• 1 day: -1.74%
• 5 days: -9.25%
• 1 month: -15.96%
• 3 months: -16.34%
• 6 months: -16.75%
• Year to date: -34.63%
• 1 year: -34.76%
• 5 years: -16.04%
• 10 years: 51.39%
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum & Coal

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 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

1,069% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $30.5M | Put options by funds: $2.61M

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 107 | Existing positions reduced: 102

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 290 [Q2] → 290 (+0) [Q3]

0% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 32 | Existing positions closed: 32

4.48% less ownership

Funds ownership: 82.15% [Q2] → 77.67% (-4.48%) [Q3]

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.51B [Q2] → $2.35B (-$153M) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $180 30% upside
• Avg. target: $187 35% upside
• High target: $200 44% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Piper Sandler Charles Neivert 40% 1-year accuracy 14 / 35 met price target	44% upside $200	Overweight Maintained	8 Nov 2024
Deutsche Bank David Begleiter 46% 1-year accuracy 6 / 13 met price target	31% upside $182	Buy Maintained	4 Nov 2024
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan 29% 1-year accuracy 20 / 70 met price target	30% upside $180	Outperform Maintained	4 Nov 2024