KWRQuaker Chemical Corporation
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though heavily shorted (+10% of shares).
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +5% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How KWR is trading
Quaker Chemical Corporation is +13% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 4.8 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +5.3%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 51
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 13%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $155.87
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +0.50%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +13%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- −34%
- vs 50-day average$161.90
- −3.7%
- 52-week high
- $179.86
- 52-week low
- $114.29
- Annualised volatility
- 40%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$208K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +14% |
| 2025 | −0.84% |
| 2024 | −33% |
| 2023 | +29% |
| 2022 | −27% |
| 2021 | −8.3% |
| 2020 | +55% |
| 2019 | −6.7% |
| 2018 | +19% |
| 2017 | +19% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 8 of 10 | +3.4% |
| Feb | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.2% |
| Mar | 10 | 3 of 10 | −6.4% |
| Apr | 10 | 4 of 10 | +1.8% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.34% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +2.8% |
| Jul | 11 | 8 of 11 | +4.0% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | +1.2% |
| Sep | 11 | 3 of 11 | −2.8% |
| Oct | 11 | 6 of 11 | +0.10% |
| Nov | 10 | 7 of 10 | +11% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | −1.5% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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