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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) Gross margin
Quaker Houghton's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 35.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (36.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 31.5% (fiscal 2022) to 37.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 36.0% | (1.32) |
| FY2024 | 37.3% | 1.16 |
| FY2023 | 36.1% | 4.61 |
| FY2022 | 31.5% | (2.24) |
| FY2021 | 33.8% | (2.46) |
| FY2020 | 36.2% | 1.63 |
| FY2019 | 34.6% | (1.41) |
| FY2018 | 36.0% | 0.46 |
| FY2017 | 35.5% | (1.97) |
| FY2016 | 37.5% | (0.15) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 35.5% | 0.01 |
| Jun 2026 | 35.5% | (1.25) |
| Mar 2026 | 36.8% | 1.45 |
| Dec 2025 | 35.3% | (1.29) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 55.3% |
| NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare | 41.1% |
| KWR Quaker Houghton | 35.8% |
| FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare | 32.3% |
| ASH Ashland Inc. compare | 32.3% |
| IOSP Innospec Inc. compare | 27.7% |
| MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare | 23.9% |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 22.4% |
| CC The Chemours Company compare | 15.1% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 27.8% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 25.0% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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