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QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
KWR
$2.7B
Mkt Cap
$151.43
+1.75%
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 4.4%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) has a market capitalization of $2.6B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 1.32%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 1.58%.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) operates in the Miscellaneous Products Of Petroleum & Coal industry, within the Energy sector.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) reported annual revenue of $1.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) has a net profit margin of -0.1%. The company is currently unprofitable.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) generated $81 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
General Description The Company was organized in 1918 and incorporated as a Pennsylvania business corporation in 1930. Quaker Houghton is the global leader in industrial process fluids. With a robust presence around the world, including operations in over 25 countries, the Company’s customers include thousands of the world’s most advanced and specialized steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, can, mining, and metalworking companies. Quaker Houghton develops, produces, and markets a broad range of formulated specialty chemical products and offers chemical management services (which we refer to as “FluidcareTM”) for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications throughout its three segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”); and Asia/Pacific.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.8B |
| Net Income | 4.3M | -2.5M | 116M | 112M | -16M | 121M |
| EPS | $0.26 | $-0.14 | $6.51 | $6.26 | $-0.89 | $6.77 |
| Free Cash Flow | 89M | 81M | 163M | 240M | 13M | 27M |
| ROIC | 0.4% | 1.6% | 6.8% | 6.7% | 1.5% | 5.4% |
| Gross Margin | 36.1% | 36.0% | 37.3% | 36.1% | 31.5% | 33.8% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 0.71 |
| Dividends/Share | $1.99 | $1.99 | $1.88 | $1.78 | $1.70 | $1.62 |
| Operating Income | 59M | 53M | 195M | 214M | 52M | 150M |
| Operating Margin | 3.1% | 2.8% | 10.6% | 11.0% | 2.7% | 8.5% |
| ROE | 0.3% | -0.2% | 8.5% | 8.4% | -1.2% | 8.9% |
| Shares Outstanding | 17M | 18M | 18M | 18M | 18M | 18M |
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 766M | 738M | 747M | 820M | 868M | 1.1B | 1.4B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B |
| Gross Margin | 35.7% | 37.7% | 37.5% | 35.5% | 36.0% | 34.6% | 36.2% | 33.8% | 31.5% | 36.1% | 37.3% | 36.0% | 36.1% |
| R&D | 22M | 22M | 23M | 24M | 25M | 32M | 40M | 45M | 46M | 50M | 57M | 61M | 61M |
| SG&A | 196M | 196M | 194M | 199M | 208M | 284M | 381M | 419M | 464M | 484M | 485M | 502M | 519M |
| EBIT | 77M | 75M | 85M | 63M | 88M | 46M | 59M | 150M | 52M | 214M | 195M | 53M | 59M |
| Op. Margin | 10.1% | 10.1% | 11.4% | 7.7% | 10.1% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 8.5% | 2.7% | 11.0% | 10.6% | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Net Income | 56M | 51M | 61M | 20M | 59M | 32M | 40M | 121M | -16M | 112M | 116M | -2.5M | 4.3M |
| Net Margin | 7.3% | 6.9% | 8.2% | 2.5% | 6.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 6.9% | -0.8% | 5.7% | 6.3% | -0.1% | 0.2% |
| Non-Recurring | 128K | 6.8M | 489K | -79K | 657K | 27M | 43M | 6.1M | 96M | 8.9M | 7.3M | 126M | 28M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 14.3% | 12.1% | 13.6% | 9.8% | 16.3% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 5.4% | 1.5% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 1.6% | 0.4% |
| ROE | 16.2% | 13.9% | 15.7% | 5.0% | 14.1% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8.9% | -1.2% | 8.4% | 8.5% | -0.2% | 0.3% |
| ROA | 9.0% | 7.5% | 8.9% | 2.8% | 8.3% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 4.1% | -0.5% | 4.1% | 4.4% | -0.1% | 0.2% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 55M | 73M | 74M | 65M | 79M | 82M | 178M | 49M | 42M | 279M | 205M | 136M | 143M |
| Free Cash Flow | 42M | 62M | 64M | 54M | 66M | 67M | 160M | 27M | 13M | 240M | 163M | 81M | 89M |
| Owner Earnings | 45M | 61M | 60M | 53M | 68M | 50M | 110M | -25M | -31M | 204M | 129M | 57M | 61M |
| CapEx | 13M | 11M | 10.0M | 11M | 13M | 16M | 18M | 21M | 29M | 39M | 42M | 56M | 54M |
| Maint. CapEx | 4.6M | 7.0M | 7.1M | 7.5M | 7.5M | 27M | 57M | 63M | 61M | 61M | 61M | 66M | 69M |
| Growth CapEx | 8.5M | 4.0M | 2.8M | 3.4M | 5.4M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 4.6M | 7.0M | 7.1M | 7.5M | 7.5M | 27M | 57M | 63M | 61M | 61M | 61M | 66M | 69M |
| CapEx/OCF | 23.9% | 15.0% | 13.5% | 16.8% | 16.4% | 18.9% | 10.0% | 43.8% | 68.3% | 13.9% | 20.4% | 40.9% | 37.8% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 15M | 17M | 18M | 19M | 19M | 22M | 28M | 29M | 30M | 32M | 33M | 34M | 35M |
| Dividend Yield | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.3% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 7.3M | 5.9M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49M | 42M | 42M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | 0.8% | 0.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 5.3M | 5.9M | 6.3M | 4.2M | 3.7M | 4.9M | 11M | 11M | 12M | 15M | 15M | 14M | 14M |
| Debt Repayment | 1.4M | 477K | 15M | 2.9M | 0 | 0 | 38M | 38M | 673M | 39M | 57M | 35M | 35M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 10M | 1.0M | -22M | -23M | -67M | 878M | 783M | 821M | 830M | 618M | 586M | 762M | 742M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 65M | 81M | 89M | 90M | 104M | 124M | 182M | 165M | 181M | 195M | 189M | 180M | 170M |
| Long-Term Debt | 75M | 81M | 66M | 61M | 36M | 882M | 849M | 836M | 934M | 731M | 670M | 835M | 837M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.79 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.69 | 0.66 |
| Interest Coverage | 32.6 | 28.8 | 29.5 | 46.2 | 21.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Equity | 357M | 373M | 403M | 408M | 435M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Total Assets | 664M | 681M | 692M | 722M | 710M | 2.9B | 2.9B | 3.0B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.8B | 2.8B |
| Total Liabilities | 300M | 299M | 279M | 313M | 273M | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Intangibles | 70M | 73M | 73M | 72M | 64M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 943M | 897M | 827M | 874M | 848M |
| Retained Earnings | 300M | 327M | 364M | 366M | 405M | 413M | 424M | 516M | 470M | 551M | 634M | 597M | 607M |
| Working Capital | 227M | 234M | 249M | 252M | 267M | 356M | 410M | 490M | 639M | 560M | 497M | 541M | 564M |
| Current Assets | 352M | 358M | 376M | 407M | 419M | 716M | 793M | 920M | 994M | 928M | 876M | 921M | 953M |
| Current Liabilities | 125M | 125M | 127M | 155M | 151M | 360M | 383M | 430M | 355M | 368M | 380M | 380M | 388M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 4.26 | 3.84 | 4.63 | 1.52 | 4.45 | 2.08 | 2.22 | 6.77 | -0.89 | 6.26 | 6.51 | -0.14 | 0.26 |
| Owner EPS | 3.41 | 4.58 | 4.58 | 4.01 | 5.07 | 3.32 | 6.18 | -1.38 | -1.72 | 11.36 | 7.20 | 3.23 | 3.51 |
| Book Value | 27.20 | 28.23 | 30.63 | 30.77 | 32.69 | 81.85 | 74.19 | 77.69 | 71.81 | 77.24 | 75.79 | 77.89 | 79.22 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.16 | 5.56 | 5.61 | 4.89 | 5.92 | 5.43 | 10.02 | 2.74 | 2.35 | 15.57 | 11.45 | 7.74 | 4.20 |
| Dividends/Share | 1.15 | 1.26 | 1.36 | 1.41 | 1.47 | 1.53 | 1.56 | 1.62 | 1.70 | 1.78 | 1.88 | 1.99 | 1.99 |
| Shares Out. | 13.1M | 13.2M | 13.2M | 13.3M | 13.3M | 15.2M | 17.8M | 17.9M | 17.8M | 17.9M | 17.9M | 17.6M | 17.4M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 19.2 | 18.6 | 25.3 | 92.0 | 37.1 | 73.7 | 106.3 | 32.9 | N/A | 34.2 | 21.1 | N/A | 592.8 |
| P/FCF | 25.9 | 15.1 | 24.1 | 34.4 | 33.4 | 34.8 | 26.2 | 144.9 | 208.2 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 31.5 | 29.5 |
| EV/EBIT | 14.1 | 12.7 | 17.8 | 29.2 | 24.3 | 68.5 | 83.3 | 31.7 | 67.9 | 19.8 | 14.5 | 58.6 | 57.2 |
| Price/Book | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Price/Sales | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| FCF Yield | 3.9% | 6.6% | 4.1% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| Market Cap | 1.1B | 945M | 1.5B | 1.9B | 2.2B | 2.3B | 4.2B | 4.0B | 2.8B | 3.9B | 2.5B | 2.6B | 2.6B |
| Avg. Price | 67.06 | 74.46 | 85.55 | 130.35 | 155.63 | 169.69 | 172.94 | 235.70 | 164.77 | 177.85 | 173.37 | 126.41 | 151.43 |
| Year-End Price | 81.98 | 71.50 | 117.08 | 139.79 | 165.16 | 153.33 | 236.05 | 222.97 | 155.06 | 214.19 | 137.61 | 144.09 | 151.43 |
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 32.6x vs a median of 28.8x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 4.4% with a gross margin of 34.9%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 2.9%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +8.0%.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. This indicates moderate leverage.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.14 in its most recent fiscal year.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) has a return on equity (ROE) of -0.2%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) has a 5-year average gross margin of 34.9%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) has a book value per share of $77.89, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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