Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) Holdings Increased by EntryPoint Capital LLC

EntryPoint Capital LLC increased its position in Quaker Chemical Co. (NYSE:KWR) by 39.6% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,830 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,086 shares during the period. EntryPoint Capital LLC’s holdings in Quaker Chemical were worth $539,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP increased its stake in Quaker Chemical by 13.1% in the 4th quarter. Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP now owns 28,102 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $3,956,000 after purchasing an additional 3,254 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Quaker Chemical by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,638,419 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $230,624,000 after buying an additional 23,832 shares during the period. Bridge City Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of Quaker Chemical by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Bridge City Capital LLC now owns 16,107 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $2,267,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Quaker Chemical by 72.1% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,050 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $570,000 after purchasing an additional 1,697 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS acquired a new stake in Quaker Chemical in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $422,000. Institutional investors own 77.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

KWR has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on Quaker Chemical from $172.00 to $169.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Quaker Chemical from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 price objective (down from $200.00) on shares of Quaker Chemical in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th.

Quaker Chemical Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of KWR opened at $131.28 on Tuesday. Quaker Chemical Co. has a 12 month low of $124.66 and a 12 month high of $207.83. The stock has a market cap of $2.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $137.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $149.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 24th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.62 by ($0.29). The company had revenue of $444.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $430.47 million. Quaker Chemical had a return on equity of 10.10% and a net margin of 6.58%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.78 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that Quaker Chemical Co. will post 7.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Quaker Chemical Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 16th will be issued a dividend of $0.485 per share. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 16th. Quaker Chemical’s payout ratio is 29.80%.

Quaker Chemical Company Profile

Quaker Chemical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and markets various formulated specialty chemical products for a range of heavy industrial and manufacturing applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers 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.