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) Net margin

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Quaker Houghton's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.80%, up 4.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.13%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.82% (fiscal 2022) to 8.15% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 4.19% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.42%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 −0.13% (6.47)
FY2024 6.34% 0.57
FY2023 5.77% 6.59
FY2022 −0.82% (7.71)
FY2021 6.89% 4.09
FY2020 2.80% 0.02
FY2019 2.78% (4.05)
FY2018 6.83% 4.37
FY2017 2.46% (5.69)
FY2016 8.15% 1.27

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 5.50% 0.46
Jun 2026 5.04% 0.95
Mar 2026 4.09% (0.33)
Dec 2025 4.42% (1.75)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −0.82% High 8.15%
Ten-year median 5.77%
Current reading's percentile 47

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 11.9%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 7.53%
IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 7.49%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 5.56%
KWR Quaker Houghton 4.80%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 4.65%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.21%
CC The Chemours Company compare −2.64%
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare −3.11%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 4.19%
Basic Materials sector median 1.42%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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