Quaker Houghton’s filing revealed that its CEO and President BERQUIST JOSEPH A acquired Company’s shares for reported $49944.0 on May 09 ’25. In the deal valued at $103.62 per share,482 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, BERQUIST JOSEPH A now holds 12,243 shares worth roughly $1.41 million.
Then, Kutz Jeffrey sold 251 shares, generating $35,140 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $140.00, the VP, Chief Accounting Officer now owns 374 shares.
Before that, Slinkman David sold 1,700 shares. Quaker Houghton shares valued at $285,261 were divested by the SVP – Chief Technology Officer at a price of $167.80 per share. As a result of the transaction, Slinkman David now holds 2,825 shares, worth roughly $0.33 million.
Jefferies upgraded its Quaker Houghton [KWR] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Piper Sandler’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early January from “an Overweight” to “a Neutral”. Piper Sandler began covering KWR with “an Overweight” recommendation on May 16, 2024. Stifel started covering the stock on June 02, 2023. It rated KWR as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of KWR
On Friday, Quaker Houghton [NYSE:KWR] saw its stock fall -0.64% to $115.15. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.43%. Quaker Houghton shares have fallen nearly -31.01% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -18.19% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $193.74 was reached on 02/25/25, a 52-week low of $95.91 was recorded on 04/08/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For KWR Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 113.77, which if violated will result in even more drops to 112.40. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 117.04. A further resistance level may holdings at 118.94.
How much short interest is there in Quaker Houghton?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Quaker Houghton stocks on 2025-06-13, dropping by 35945.0 shares to a total of 1.76 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-15 was 1.79 million shares. There was a decline of -2.05%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on October 25, 2022 when RBC Capital Mkts began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating along with a $196 price target.
