Quaker Houghton (KWR)

• Market cap: $2.03B
• 1 day: -3.26%
• 5 days: -7.38%
• 1 month: 2.47%
• 3 months: 8.28%
• 6 months: -18.59%
• Year to date: -15.65%
• 1 year: -36.37%
• 5 years: -40.81%
• 10 years: 43.08%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals

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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

5,706% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $88.3M | Put options by funds: $1.52M

49% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 116 | Existing positions reduced: 78

1.56% more ownership

Funds ownership: 81.21% [Q4 2024] → 82.77% (+1.56%) [Q1 2025]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q4 2024] → 1 (+0) [Q1 2025]

9% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 42 | Existing positions closed: 46

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 284 [Q4 2024] → 278 (-6) [Q1 2025]

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.03B [Q4 2024] → $1.81B (-$223M) [Q1 2025]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $146 27% upside
• Avg. target: $146 27% upside
• High target: $146 27% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Jefferies Laurence Alexander

27% upside $146

Buy Upgraded

9 Jun 2025