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QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP

Quaker Houghton is a global company that develops, produces, and markets specialty chemical products used in industrial process fluids. Its main products include metal removal fluids, rolling lubricants, hydraulic fluids, and surface solutions, serving industries such as steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, and metalworking. The company operates in over 25 countries and provides chemical management services and technical support to manufacturing customers worldwide.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.89B
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.7%
Net income
$-2.5M
Diluted EPS
$-0.14
Gross margin
36.0%
Operating margin
2.8%
Net margin
-0.1%
FCF margin
4.3%
ROE
-0.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$2.85B
Long-term debt / equity
0.61×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Quaker Chemical

  • Revenue grew 2.7% to $1.9B in FY2025, after a 5.8% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 2.8% in FY2025, -5.7 pp against 8.5% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $533M, up 10.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $81M in FY2025, 4.3% of revenue.
  • Net income turned to a $2M loss in FY2025, from a $117M profit in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Quaker Chemical’s fundamentals sit among the 125 Energy companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin36.0%
71st percentile of 43
Operating margin2.8%
33rd percentile of 104
Net margin-0.1%
27th percentile of 120
FCF margin4.3%
49th percentile of 69
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.7%
53rd percentile of 122
ROE-0.2%
25th percentile of 100
Long-term debt / equity0.61×
63rd percentile of 83
Short interest11.01d
94th percentile of 123

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $100,986. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 3 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
0 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$38.2M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ2 2026$25.9M163.0KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$8.4M53.0KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$3.2M20.2KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$653,5914.1KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$101K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-04
filed 2026-08-06
Osborne William HDirectorSell600$168.31$101K
2026-05-26
filed 2026-05-28
Bijlani JeewatEVP, Glob. Spec. & CGOSell731$145.77$107K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.8M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+0.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
11.01
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
161.7K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.8M+0.2%11.01
2026-07-311.8M-2.7%12.57
2026-07-151.8M-1.7%11.97
2026-06-301.9M+6.9%8.74
2026-06-151.7M-3.8%12.13
2026-05-291.8M-2.4%12.02
2026-05-151.8M-1.0%10.83
2026-04-301.9M-0.1%10.41

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.89B$1.84B$1.95B$1.94B$1.76B
Gross profit$679.4M$686.0M$705.6M$612.7M$594.6M
Operating income$53.0M$194.7M$214.5M$52.3M$150.5M
Net income$-2.5M$116.6M$112.7M$-15.9M$121.4M
Diluted EPS$-0.14$6.51$6.26$-0.89$6.77

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$136.5M$204.6M$279.0M$41.8M$48.9M
Capital expenditure$55.9M$41.8M$38.8M$28.5M$21.5M
Free cash flow$80.6M$162.8M$240.2M$13.3M$27.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$532.5M10.2%$26.8M$1.55
Q1 FY2026$480.5M8.5%$19.7M$1.13
Q4 FY2025$468.5M5.5%$20.7M$1.20
Q3 FY2025$493.8M6.8%$30.5M$1.75
Q2 FY2025$483.4M4.3%$-66.6M$-3.78
Q1 FY2025$442.9M-5.7%$12.9M$0.73
Q4 FY2024$444.1M-4.9%$14.2M$0.80
Q3 FY2024$462.3M-5.8%$32.3M$1.81

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorEnergy
SIC industryMiscellaneous Products of Petroleum & Coal
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK81362

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-30
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10-Q2026-04-30
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-07-07
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8-K2026-05-15
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8-K2026-04-30
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.