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KW

KWR QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION

2026Q2 · CUSIP 747316107 · Sector: Energy

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
309
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+25
Last quarter 284 → now 309
How unusual is that
Top 20%
Stronger buying than 87% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

309 funds held KWR at the end of 2026Q2, up 25 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 86.8% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $2.0B(YoY +7.8%), the P/E is 29.0x, return on equity is 7.1%. KWR has had 7 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +4.6% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Energy sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=139 2013Q4: holders=138 2014Q1: holders=146 2014Q2: holders=150 2014Q3: holders=156 2014Q4: holders=156 2015Q1: holders=148 2015Q2: holders=141 2015Q3: holders=155 2015Q4: holders=153 2016Q1: holders=156 2016Q2: holders=159 2016Q3: holders=164 2016Q4: holders=181 2017Q1: holders=176 2017Q2: holders=186 2017Q3: holders=179 2017Q4: holders=194 2018Q1: holders=200 2018Q2: holders=190 2018Q3: holders=207 2018Q4: holders=216 2019Q1: holders=216 2019Q2: holders=217 2019Q3: holders=219 2019Q4: holders=193 2020Q1: holders=194 2020Q2: holders=205 2020Q3: holders=215 2020Q4: holders=230 2021Q1: holders=224 2021Q2: holders=225 2021Q3: holders=217 2021Q4: holders=235 2022Q1: holders=226 2022Q2: holders=210 2022Q3: holders=214 2022Q4: holders=225 2023Q1: holders=230 2023Q2: holders=245 2023Q3: holders=259 2023Q4: holders=270 2024Q1: holders=286 2024Q2: holders=295 2024Q3: holders=294 2024Q4: holders=289 2025Q1: holders=280 2025Q2: holders=275 2025Q3: holders=283 2025Q4: holders=288 2026Q1: holders=284 2026Q2: holders=309 -26 -13 +0 +13 +26 124225325 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 7 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 20%
2024Q1 Top 20% -16.2% -13.4%
2023Q3 Top 20% +17.7% +14.2%
2023Q2 Top 20% +3.9% +20.3%
2018Q3 Top 20% +3.2% -3.6%
2017Q2 Top 20% +15.0% +9.8%
2015Q3 Top 10% -12.8% +0.4%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
161
Change in large funds
+22
Total value they hold
$2.4B
Funds buying for the first time
58
Funds that sold out entirely
33
Price change that quarter
+19.4%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
3
Funds holding calls (bullish)
1

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
29.0
EPS (TTM)
$5.59
EPS YoY
Revenue (TTM)
$2.0B
Revenue YoY
+7.8%
Net margin
4.9%
ROE
7.1%
Debt ratio
51.6%
FCF (TTM)
$75M
Dividend (TTM)
$2.04
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2021-09-30: EPS 1.73 2021-12-31: EPS 1.01 2022-03-31: EPS 1.11 2022-06-30: EPS 0.80 2022-09-30: EPS 1.44 2022-12-31: EPS -4.24 2023-03-31: EPS 1.64 2023-06-30: EPS 1.63 2023-09-30: EPS 1.87 2023-12-31: EPS 1.12 2024-03-31: EPS 1.95 2024-06-30: EPS 1.94 2024-09-30: EPS 1.81 2024-12-31: EPS 0.81 2025-03-31: EPS 0.73 2025-06-30: EPS -3.78 2025-09-30: EPS 1.75 2025-12-31: EPS 1.16 2026-03-31: EPS 1.13 2026-06-30: EPS 1.55 0M 266M 533M $M -4.66 -1.26 2.15 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202606/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 31 18 287 555 20222023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-23M26M75M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $-7M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-06-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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