Growth Metrics

Quaker Chemical (KWR) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported Debt to Equity of $0.64 for Q1 2026, up 19.73% year-over-year from $0.53 in Q1 2025, and up 0.5% on a QoQ basis from $0.63 in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.64 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt to Equity rose 19.73% year-over-year to $0.64 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.64 (up 19.73% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $0.63, up 21.11% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity climbed to $0.64 in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from $0.63 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.75 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $0.51 in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.64 (2026), against an average of $0.63.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Debt to Equity dropped 26.93%; it then jumped 31.87% in 2025.
  • Tracing KWR's Debt to Equity over 5 years: stood at $0.75 in 2022, then retreated by 26.93% to $0.54 in 2023, then slipped by 4.09% to $0.52 in 2024, then rose by 21.11% to $0.63 in 2025, then gained by 0.5% to $0.64 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KWR Debt to Equity figures stand at $0.64 (Q1 2026), $0.63 (Q4 2025), and $0.64 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.62
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.58
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 2.10
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.84
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 1.11
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.87
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 1.26
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 0.19
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.22
10 Quaker Chemical 2.48 Bn 2.32 Bn 176.74 Mn 0.64

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.64
Dec 31, 2025 0.63
Sep 30, 2025 0.64
Jun 30, 2025 0.70
Mar 31, 2025 0.53
Dec 31, 2024 0.52
Sep 30, 2024 0.51
Jun 30, 2024 0.53
Mar 31, 2024 0.55
Dec 31, 2023 0.54
Sep 30, 2023 0.61
Jun 30, 2023 0.66
Mar 31, 2023 0.71
Dec 31, 2022 0.75
Sep 30, 2022 0.72
Jun 30, 2022 0.74
Mar 31, 2022 0.66
Dec 31, 2021 0.64
Sep 30, 2021 0.64
Jun 30, 2021 0.65
Mar 31, 2021 0.68
Dec 31, 2020 2.09
Sep 30, 2020 0.72
Jun 30, 2020 0.95
Mar 31, 2020 0.96
Dec 31, 2019 0.74
Sep 30, 2019 0.72
Jun 30, 2019 0.03
Mar 31, 2019 0.03
Dec 31, 2018 0.08
Sep 30, 2018 0.12
Jun 30, 2018 0.15
Mar 31, 2018 0.18
Dec 31, 2017 0.16
Sep 30, 2017 0.16
Jun 30, 2017 0.17
Mar 31, 2017 0.16
Dec 31, 2016 0.16
Sep 30, 2016 0.18
Jun 30, 2016 0.21
Mar 31, 2016 0.25
Dec 31, 2015 0.22
Sep 30, 2015 0.29
Jun 30, 2015 0.16
Mar 31, 2015 0.20
Dec 31, 2014 0.21
Sep 30, 2014 0.17
Jun 30, 2014 0.07
Mar 31, 2014 0.05
Dec 31, 2013 0.05
Sep 30, 2013 0.06
Jun 30, 2013 0.08
Mar 31, 2013 0.10
Dec 31, 2012 0.11
Sep 30, 2012 0.13
Jun 30, 2012 0.16
Mar 31, 2012 0.17
Dec 31, 2011 0.18
Sep 30, 2011 0.17
Jun 30, 2011 0.13
Dec 31, 2010 0.39