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) P/E ratio
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 | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare | n/m |
| FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare | 14.1× |
| IOSP Innospec Inc. compare | 19.7× |
| AVNT Avient Corporation compare | 21.0× |
| KWR Quaker Houghton | 27.9× |
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 30.3× |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 33.8× |
| 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)