Quaker Houghton (KWR) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.39
- Estimate
- $2.10
- Surprise
- +13.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $544.5M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 6.1/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Quaker Houghton (KWR) beat the $2.10 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.39 — a large 13.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.0/10) to Hold at 6.1/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KWR Hold at 6.1/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +13.8% surprise compares with a +10.1% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: non-U.S. subsidiaries
- Thin upside margin: 6.4%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.4)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $157.87
- Price target
- $168.03
- Stop
- $150.35
- Upside to target
- +6.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.3:1
The stock trades at 28.1× trailing but 16.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KWR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $2.72B
- P/E (fwd)
- 16.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 28.1
- 52-week range
- $112.18–$183.01
- Off 52-week high
- 13.7%
- RSI (14)
- 57
- Volume vs avg
- 1.18×
- Score today
- 6.1/10