The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

KWR

Concerning the House

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.

United States · home.quakerhoughton.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.95B+7.8%
Gross profit$705.64M+20.9%
Operating income$194.71M+11.3%
Net income$112.75M+10.4%
Cash from ops$136.45M+19.3%
Quotation

$171.43

+2.55 (+1.5%)

52w hi$179.27
52w lo$113.92
Vol121.08K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.07

Short+0.20
Medium+0.01
Long-0.06

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Quaker Chemical Corporation

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$2.95B
Enterprise value$3.68B
Trailing P/E30.78x
Forward P/E18.21x
EV / EBITDA12.82x
P / S (ttm)1.49x
Profit margin4.9%
Return on equity7.2%
Revenue growth+10.2%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity66.91
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.28
Corr SPX0.52
Annual vol39.9%
Annual ret+11.1%
Sharpe0.28
Max DD-46.1%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.21
Sector+0.03
Technical+0.16
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$170.12$172.42$169.54$171.43121.08K
Aug 12$172.83$174.50$168.39$168.88219.40K
Aug 11$173.52$175.14$170.66$170.90193.50K
Aug 10$168.17$172.13$167.73$171.87134.10K
Aug 7$167.62$173.30$167.62$169.95167.70K