Growth Metrics

Quaker Chemical (KWR) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported Debt Ratio of 0.31 for Q1 2026, up 12.97% year-over-year from 0.28 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.31 in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.31 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 12.97% year-over-year to 0.31 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31 (up 12.97% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.31, up 14.86% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio held at 0.31 in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from 0.31 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.34 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.27 in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.31 (2025), against an average of 0.3.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Debt Ratio decreased 17.73%; it then increased 19.25% in 2025.
  • Tracing KWR's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.34 in 2022, then decreased by 17.73% to 0.28 in 2023, then retreated by 2.5% to 0.27 in 2024, then rose by 14.86% to 0.31 in 2025, then advanced by 0.3% to 0.31 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KWR Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.31 (Q1 2026), 0.31 (Q4 2025), and 0.31 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.29
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.30
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.35
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.33
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.42
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.32
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.37
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 0.12
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.15
10 Quaker Chemical 2.48 Bn 2.32 Bn 176.74 Mn 0.31

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.31
Dec 31, 2025 0.31
Sep 30, 2025 0.31
Jun 30, 2025 0.33
Mar 31, 2025 0.28
Dec 31, 2024 0.27
Sep 30, 2024 0.27
Jun 30, 2024 0.28
Mar 31, 2024 0.28
Dec 31, 2023 0.28
Sep 30, 2023 0.30
Jun 30, 2023 0.32
Mar 31, 2023 0.33
Dec 31, 2022 0.34
Sep 30, 2022 0.34
Jun 30, 2022 0.33
Mar 31, 2022 0.31
Dec 31, 2021 0.30
Sep 30, 2021 0.30
Jun 30, 2021 0.30
Mar 31, 2021 0.31
Dec 31, 2020 0.31
Sep 30, 2020 0.32
Jun 30, 2020 0.39
Mar 31, 2020 0.38
Dec 31, 2019 0.32
Sep 30, 2019 0.32
Jun 30, 2019 0.02
Mar 31, 2019 0.02
Dec 31, 2018 0.05
Sep 30, 2018 0.07
Jun 30, 2018 0.09
Mar 31, 2018 0.10
Dec 31, 2017 0.09
Sep 30, 2017 0.10
Jun 30, 2017 0.10
Mar 31, 2017 0.09
Dec 31, 2016 0.10
Sep 30, 2016 0.11
Jun 30, 2016 0.12
Mar 31, 2016 0.14
Dec 31, 2015 0.12
Sep 30, 2015 0.15
Jun 30, 2015 0.10
Mar 31, 2015 0.11
Dec 31, 2014 0.11
Sep 30, 2014 0.10
Jun 30, 2014 0.04
Mar 31, 2014 0.03
Dec 31, 2013 0.03
Sep 30, 2013 0.03
Jun 30, 2013 0.04
Mar 31, 2013 0.05
Dec 31, 2012 0.06
Sep 30, 2012 0.07
Jun 30, 2012 0.09
Mar 31, 2012 0.09
Dec 31, 2011 0.58
Sep 30, 2011 0.09
Jun 30, 2011 0.07
Dec 31, 2010 0.17