Quaker Chemical Corporation
KWR · NYSE Arca · United States
home.quakerhoughton.comFinancials as of FY2025
- Dividend several times the last twelve months' earnings
- Depends onDownstream position: depends on 10 industries, supplies 6
- ScaleMarket cap is $2.62B, above the global median of $1.15B
- PositionP/E ratio is 579.27×, higher than 95% of its Specialty Chemicals peers (median 35.55×)
- Interpretations1 currently firing — 1
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- Dividend several times the last twelve months' earnings
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Dividend Consistency With Dividend-Stress Composite Firing And Elevated Dividends-to-FCF
The dividend has been paid regularly, and lately from more cash than the business frees.
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