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Quaker Houghton KWR

US equityMarket cap rank #2554Specialty Chemicals
$161.05 +$0.32 (+0.20%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 4:10 am ET · After hours $161.00 -0.03%
Open$160.57
Prev close$160.73
Day range$159.30 – $162.42
Volume192.8K
Market cap$2.77B
P/E (TTM)28.9
Dividend yield1.25%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership113.3%-0.01 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding364-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)38 buys / 12 sellsNet buying
Short interest10.46% of floatDays to cover 11.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share17.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%16%21%26%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.62M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 48.4% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Gulf Hungary Holding Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag21.15%
  • BlackRock12.26%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC5.49%
  • Royce & Associates, LP5.00%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.51%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.16%
  • Wellington Management Group3.95%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.32%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund85.24%
  • Private Company21.97%
  • Public Company2.55%
  • Hedge Fund1.53%
  • Government Pension Fund1.23%
  • Individual/Insider1.11%
  • Insurance Company0.66%
  • Family Office/Trust0.08%

Reported short interest has fallen from 10.69% to 10.46% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,799,318 10.5% 11.5
31 Aug 2026 1,766,113 10.3% 12.3
14 Aug 2026 1,780,687 10.3% 11.0
31 Jul 2026 1,776,628 10.3% 12.6
15 Jul 2026 1,825,966 10.5% 12.0
30 Jun 2026 1,857,166 10.7% 8.7

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