Quaker Chemical (KWR) Change in Inventory (2010 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported Change in Inventory of $18.4 million for Q1 2026, up 37.01% year-over-year from $13.5 million in Q1 2025, and up 535.45% quarter-over-quarter from -$4.2 million in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) Change in Inventory (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of Change in Inventory data on file, last reported at $18.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • Change in Inventory for Q1 2026 came in at $18.4 million, up 37.01% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $17.2 million (up 70.06% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $12.2 million, up 277.28% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory rose to $18.4 million in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from -$4.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Inventory peaked at $33.9 million in Q1 2022 and troughed at -$42.5 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $825117.6 and a median of $2.6 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Change in Inventory plunged 470.91% in 2022, then surged 167.99% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it stood at -$42.5 million in 2022, then surged by 54.98% to -$19.1 million in 2023, then soared by 60.14% to -$7.6 million in 2024, then surged by 44.52% to -$4.2 million in 2025, then jumped by 535.45% to $18.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KWR's Change in Inventory at $18.4 million in Q1 2026, -$4.2 million in Q4 2025, and $4.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 48.00 Mn
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 78.87 Bn 78.66 Bn 2.78 Bn -
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn -74.00 Mn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn -16.00 Mn
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn 156.00 Mn
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 33.00 Mn
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn -
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn 96.00 Mn
10 Quaker Chemical 2.59 Bn 2.43 Bn 176.74 Mn 18.44 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 18.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 18.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -4.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -4.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 4.65 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 4.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.63 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 13.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 13.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -7.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -7.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -19.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -19.14 Mn