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) Return on assets

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Quaker Houghton's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.39%, up 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.09%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.55% (fiscal 2022) to 8.87% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 −0.09% (4.47)
FY2024 4.38% 0.31
FY2023 4.07% 4.62
FY2022 −0.55% (4.70)
FY2021 4.15% 2.77
FY2020 1.38% (0.39)
FY2019 1.77% (6.50)
FY2018 8.27% 5.42
FY2017 2.85% (6.02)
FY2016 8.87% 1.33

Against its own ten years

Low −0.55% High 8.87%
Ten-year median 4.07%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 16.9%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 8.60%
IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 7.68%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 3.73%
KWR Quaker Houghton 3.39%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 3.16%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.09%
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare −1.93%
CC The Chemours Company compare −2.07%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.45%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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