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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) Return on equity
Quaker Houghton's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.98%, up 7.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.18%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.19% (fiscal 2022) to 15.3% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.34% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.
Return on equity, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −0.18% | (8.70) |
| FY2024 | 8.52% | 0.05 |
| FY2023 | 8.47% | 9.66 |
| FY2022 | −1.19% | (10.15) |
| FY2021 | 8.96% | 5.87 |
| FY2020 | 3.09% | (0.67) |
| FY2019 | 3.76% | (10.24) |
| FY2018 | 14.0% | 9.10 |
| FY2017 | 4.90% | (10.44) |
| FY2016 | 15.3% | 1.74 |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare | 64.4% |
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 30.4% |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 16.0% |
| IOSP Innospec Inc. compare | 10.5% |
| FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare | 9.58% |
| KWR Quaker Houghton | 6.98% |
| ASH Ashland Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare | −7.75% |
| CC The Chemours Company compare | −67.5% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 2.34% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
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