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.

156.96 1.59 −1.00%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
27.9×
Fwd P/E
25.2×
Dividend yield
1.63%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.28
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
45/100

Quaker Houghton (KWR) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Quaker Houghton (KWR) trades at a P/E ratio of 27.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2026) to 701× (November 2020); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 25.4× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 19.5×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 0.0× —
FY2024 21.6× (36.16%)
FY2023 33.9× —
FY2022 0.0× —
FY2021 34.0× (69.95%)
FY2020 113× 56.08%
FY2019 72.5× 82.30%
FY2018 39.8× (59.61%)
FY2017 98.4× 250.94%
FY2016 28.0× 39.76%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 28.3× (93.63%)
Mar 2026 444× —
Dec 2025 0.0× —
Sep 2025 0.0× —
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 701×
Ten-year median 29.1×
Current reading's percentile 28

P/E ratio against peers

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KWR Quaker Houghton 27.9×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 30.3×
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NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 45.3×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 62.4×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 25.4×
Basic Materials sector median 19.5×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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