Updating your Income stocks: Quaker Chemicals, Newell Brands, and Stanley Black & Decker

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QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP. $190 (www.quakerhoughton.com) is a buy. This maker of specialty chemicals saw its sales in the quarter ended September 30, 2022, rise 9.6%, to $492.2 million from $449.1 million a year earlier. That gain reflects higher selling prices to offset rising input costs as well as its recent acquisitions. Earnings before unusual items improved 6.7%, to $1.74 a share from $1.63. With the October 2022 payment, Quaker raised your quarterly dividend by 4.8%. The new annual rate of $1.74 yields 0.9%. Quaker Chemical is a buy. NEWELL BRANDS INC. $13 (www.newellbrands.com) remains a hold. The consumer products maker reports its sales in the third quarter of 2022 fell 19.2%, to $2.25 billion from $2.79 billion a year earlier. If you factor out the recent sale of its home and security business (which makes smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and fireproof safes), sales still fell 10.8% as retailers ordered fewer goods while they worked down their current inventories. Earnings also dipped 1.9%, to $0.53 a share from…