Short Squeeze Setup — velZ +0.25 · age 45w×0.80 · 13.65%
Seasonal Tailwind — november med 4% (mag 1/3) · posClose 65.22% (rel 1/3) · n46 ×0.5 = 2.5
Hidden Gem — stWatch 159
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… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: November 1, 1985
Headquarters: One Quaker Park, Conshohocken, PA, United States, 19428-2380
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$164.31
Market Cap
$2.84B
Float
13.4M
Shares Outstanding
17.2M
P/E (Forward)
22.52
P/E (TTM)
29.54
Price/Sales (TTM)
1.44
vs. Analyst Target
+15.5% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
4.95%
Operating Margin (TTM)
9.13%
Revenue (TTM)
$1.98B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
54.80%
Dividend Rate
2.1%
Analyst Target Price
$189.71 (6 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$1.42B
$39.7M
$513M
$144M
2021
$1.76B
$121M
$595M
$256M
2022
$1.94B
-$15.9M
$613M
$120M
2023
$1.95B
$113M
$706M
$286M
2024
$1.84B
$117M
$686M
$280M
2025
$1.89B
-$2.5M
$679M
$145M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Sep 2025
$494M
$30.5M
Dec 2025
$468M
$20.7M
Mar 2026
$480M
$19.7M
Jun 2026
$533M
$26.8M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
22.2%
Institutional Ownership
92.9%
Short Float
13.3%
% of All Funds Holding
3.55%
Number of Funds Holding
312
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$160.05
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$147.36
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$136.09
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$161.53
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$146.33
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$136.18
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$157.12
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
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creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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