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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.2%, EPS grew 141.3%, free cash flow fell 43.2% and total debt fell 6.67%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.
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Quaker Houghton (KWR) EV/Sales
As of 16 October 2026, Quaker Houghton (KWR) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2× (January 2016) to 4.2× (February 2021); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.
EV/Sales, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.6× | (0.69%) |
| FY2024 | 1.6× | (26.07%) |
| FY2023 | 2.2× | 17.33% |
| FY2022 | 1.9× | (30.85%) |
| FY2021 | 2.7× | (25.06%) |
| FY2020 | 3.7× | 26.44% |
| FY2019 | 2.9× | 9.80% |
| FY2018 | 2.6× | 9.43% |
| FY2017 | 2.4× | 7.01% |
| FY2016 | 2.3× | 62.89% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1.7× | 17.28% |
| Mar 2026 | 1.5× | (9.33%) |
| Dec 2025 | 1.6× | 2.01% |
| Sep 2025 | 1.6× | 8.83% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| IOSP Innospec Inc. compare | 1.2× |
| MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare | 1.2× |
| FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare | 1.3× |
| AVNT Avient Corporation compare | 1.5× |
| KWR Quaker Houghton | 1.7× |
| ASH Ashland Inc. compare | 2.3× |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 2.7× |
| NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare | 2.9× |
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 4.1× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 1.8× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 1.7× |
| Market median | 2.1× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)