Quaker Houghton

KWR Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Quaker Houghton’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, up 2.66% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.3%
EPS
−0.42%
Free cash flow
−92.4%
Total debt
+2.00%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

152.46 4.84 −3.08%
Market cap
$2.6B
P/E
27.2×
Fwd P/E
21.6×
Dividend yield
1.35%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.28
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
45/100

Quaker Houghton (KWR) Current ratio

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Quaker Houghton's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.5×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (2.4×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.0× (fiscal 2019) to 3.0× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.3× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 2.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.4× 5.00%
FY2024 2.3× (8.59%)
FY2023 2.5× (9.90%)
FY2022 2.8× 31.07%
FY2021 2.1× 3.28%
FY2020 2.1× 4.06%
FY2019 2.0× (28.01%)
FY2018 2.8× 5.16%
FY2017 2.6× (11.08%)
FY2016 3.0× 2.76%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.5× 0.35%
Jun 2026 2.5× 0.20%
Mar 2026 2.5× 1.19%
Dec 2025 2.4× (1.79%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.0× High 3.0×
Ten-year median 2.5×
Current reading's percentile 45

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 3.0×
IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 2.9×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 2.6×
KWR Quaker Houghton 2.5×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 2.3×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 1.8×
CC The Chemours Company compare 1.8×
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 1.6×
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare 1.5×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.3×
Basic Materials sector median 2.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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