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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 invested capital
Quaker Houghton's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.50%, up 2.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.60%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.41% (fiscal 2019) to 14.9% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.60% | (4.90) |
| FY2024 | 6.50% | (0.39) |
| FY2023 | 6.89% | 5.30 |
| FY2022 | 1.59% | (2.85) |
| FY2021 | 4.44% | 2.61 |
| FY2020 | 1.83% | 0.42 |
| FY2019 | 1.41% | (13.47) |
| FY2018 | 14.9% | 4.73 |
| FY2017 | 10.2% | (3.52) |
| FY2016 | 13.7% | 1.48 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 23.6% |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 10.1% |
| NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare | 9.33% |
| IOSP Innospec Inc. compare | 9.12% |
| FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare | 5.77% |
| KWR Quaker Houghton | 4.50% |
| ASH Ashland Inc. compare | 2.40% |
| CC The Chemours Company compare | 0.44% |
| MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare | −0.99% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.21% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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