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
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Quaker Houghton (KWR) EV/EBITDA
As of 5 November 2026, Quaker Houghton (KWR) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 13.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.0× (April 2025) to 57.6× (July 2020); the current reading is higher than 24% of that period. That is in line with the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 12.9× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 9.2×.
EV/EBITDA, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 20.3× | 86.45% |
| FY2024 | 10.9× | (25.97%) |
| FY2023 | 14.7× | (46.02%) |
| FY2022 | 27.2× | 35.96% |
| FY2021 | 20.0× | (43.26%) |
| FY2020 | 35.3× | (0.19%) |
| FY2019 | 35.3× | 65.93% |
| FY2018 | 21.3× | (10.73%) |
| FY2017 | 23.9× | 48.65% |
| FY2016 | 16.0× | 47.38% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 13.4× | (1.29%) |
| Jun 2026 | 13.6× | (22.06%) |
| Mar 2026 | 17.5× | (13.76%) |
| Dec 2025 | 20.3× | (0.89%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/EBITDA against peers
| Company | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|
| FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare | 8.4× |
| IOSP Innospec Inc. compare | 9.3× |
| KWR Quaker Houghton | 13.1× |
| ASH Ashland Inc. compare | 13.1× |
| NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare | 13.2× |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 18.5× |
| CC The Chemours Company compare | 23.2× |
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 25.7× |
| MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare | 34.6× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 12.9× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 9.2× |
| Market median | 10.9× |
What EV/EBITDA is
Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)
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