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Quaker Chemical Corporation

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · NYQ

$140.69

Data: 2026-05-28

✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$2.6B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

545.44

Expensive — high growth expected

Forward P/E

16.79

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+8.5%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

0.2%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

0.3%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$170.00

+21% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

STRONG_BUY

Consensus view from 6 analysts covering this stock

About Quaker Chemical Corporation

Quaker Chemical Corporation, doing business as Quaker Houghton, provides industrial process fluids worldwide. The company develops, produces, and markets various formulated specialty chemical products; and offers chemical management services for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications. It offers metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging and hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, and rod and wire drawing fluids. The company serves steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, container, mining, and metalworking companies. Quaker Chemical Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

https://home.quakerhoughton.com

Country: United States Employees: 4,700 Industry: Specialty Chemicals

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% N/A

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% N/A

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% N/A

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

-0.011

Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge

Kelly Fraction

-0.0044

No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out

Calmar Ratio

-0.159

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

-7.8%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-49.1%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

122

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

1.42

Moves slightly more than the broader market

52W High

$183.01

23% below the year high

52W Low

$103.36

36% above the year low

Avg Volume

174,724

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

10.7

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

16.0%

Elevated short interest — bears are positioned against this

Div Yield

138.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$0.27

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

65.95

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

2.45

Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations

Quick Ratio

1.57

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

36.4%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

8.6%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$108M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$1.9B

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$4M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$180.00

Target Median

$170.00

Target Low

$157.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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