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Quaker Chemical (KWR) stock, explained like you're 5
Quaker Chemical trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker KWR. It is a mid cap company in the major chemicals industry, part of the industrials sector, with a market value of about 2.7 billion dollars.
- Ticker
- KWR
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Major Chemicals
- Size
- Mid cap, about 2.7 billion dollars
Is Quaker Chemical a small, medium or large cap company?
No. Quaker Chemical is a mid cap stock, not a large cap. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 2.7 billion dollars.
Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.
How Quaker Chemical makes money
- Building and selling machines, aircraft, equipment or infrastructure.
- Moving goods and people.
- Long term service and maintenance contracts.
What moves KWR stock
- Orders and backlog, which show future sales.
- Business spending and the health of the economy.
- Costs of materials and labor.
In the news lately
- Why Quaker Houghton (KWR) Holds Re Rating Potential? (Yahoo Finance)
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- KWR Maintained by RBC Capital Price Target Raised to $202 (GuruFocus)
- The Technical Signals Behind (KWR) That Institutions Follow (Stock Traders Daily)
- Quaker Houghton (KWR) Stock Forecasts (Yahoo Finance)
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Questions about Quaker Chemical stock
What does Quaker Chemical do?
Quaker Chemical trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker KWR. It is a mid cap company in the major chemicals industry, part of the industrials sector, with a market value of about 2.7 billion dollars.
What is the ticker symbol for Quaker Chemical?
Quaker Chemical trades under the ticker KWR on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is Quaker Chemical's market cap?
Quaker Chemical is a mid cap stock with a market cap of about 2.7 billion dollars.
How does Quaker Chemical make money?
Building and selling machines, aircraft, equipment or infrastructure. Moving goods and people. Long term service and maintenance contracts.
What moves KWR stock?
Orders and backlog, which show future sales. Business spending and the health of the economy. Costs of materials and labor.
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