Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Quaker Houghton KWR
$160.73 +1.48% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.78B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 79 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to 9.1% from 3.0% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.98B, up 7.8% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 41%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 50%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 48%
- Gross marginTop 33%
- Operating marginTop 49%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Interest coverTop 49%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 41%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 47%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 39%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 12%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 40%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.3% | 7.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 34.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 9.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | 4.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.8% | 6.3% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Gross margin | 34.4% | 36.1% | ↓ | Top 33% |
| Operating margin | 9.1% | 3.0% | ↑ | Top 49% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | -0.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.6% | 8.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | — | Top 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.0% | — | Top 50% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.34×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.91×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.26%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.25%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.51%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $182.50
- Target vs current price
- +13.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +31.9% | +4.1% | +14.9% | +10.7% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -1.8% | +2.0% | +6.5% | +10.3% | +13.8% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | -3.5% | -2.6% | -15.7% | -34.2% | -21.9% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +7.2% | -3.6% | +3.2% | +6.3% | +15.2% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -6.0% | -0.3% | +8.7% | +26.2% | +17.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | +3.9% | +0.1% | -5.7% | +3.1% | +12.7% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | -17.9% | -0.7% | -1.9% | -8.8% | -25.3% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -9.1% | -2.0% | +16.7% | +0.8% | -9.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $2.19 | $1.66 | +31.9% | $532.5M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.63 | $1.66 | -1.8% | $480.5M |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1.65 | $1.71 | -3.5% | $468.5M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $2.08 | $1.94 | +7.2% | $493.8M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.71 | $1.82 | -6.0% | $483.4M |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.58 | $1.52 | +3.9% | $442.9M |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $1.33 | $1.62 | -17.9% | $444.1M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.89 | $2.08 | -9.1% | $462.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 28.6× | 29.8× | 44th | Top 41% |
| P/E (forward) | 20.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.6× | — | — | Top 49% |
| EV / Sales | 1.79× | — | — | Top 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.25% | — | — | Top 48% |
| Earnings yield | 3.50% | — | — | Top 41% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 20.1× – 468.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 79
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +7.9%
- RSI (14)
- 53.1
- Relative volume
- 1.06×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 12th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.16
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -67.4% | 1037 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.78B
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.62
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.98B
- Dividend yield
- 1.59%
- 52-week range
- $112.18 – $183.01
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.76B | $1.94B | $1.95B | $1.84B | $1.89B |
| Gross profit | $594.6M | $612.7M | $705.6M | $686.0M | $679.4M |
| Operating income | $150.5M | $52.3M | $214.5M | $194.7M | $177.0M |
| Net income | $121.4M | -$15.9M | $112.7M | $116.6M | -$2.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.77 | -$0.89 | $6.26 | $6.51 | -$0.14 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $462.3M | $444.1M | $442.9M | $483.4M | $493.8M | $468.5M | $480.5M | $532.5M |
| Net income | $32.3M | $14.2M | $12.9M | -$66.6M | $30.5M | $20.7M | $19.7M | $26.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.81 | $0.80 | $0.73 | -$3.78 | $1.75 | $1.19 | $1.13 | $1.55 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $48.9M | $41.8M | $279.0M | $204.6M | $136.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.5M | -$28.5M | -$38.8M | $11.3M | -$55.9M |
| Free cash flow | $27.5M | $13.3M | $240.2M | $215.9M | $80.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$28.6M | -$30.1M | -$31.6M | -$33.2M | -$34.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $890,000 | -$378,000 | -$2.7M | -$49.2M | -$41.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $155.1M
- Total assets
- $2.85B
- Total liabilities
- $1.47B
- Total debt
- $911.1M
- Net debt
- $756.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.38B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.53 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $0.51 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | $0.51 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | $0.51 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Oct 17, 2025 | $0.51 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $0.49 | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Apr 16, 2025 | $0.49 | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | $0.49 | Jan 31, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,799,318
- Days to cover
- 11.46
- Change vs previous report
- +1.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 31, 1990
- 3-for-2
- Jan 31, 1985
- 2-for-1
- Jan 29, 1980
- 2-for-1
- Jul 2, 1976
- 2-for-1