Growth Metrics

Quaker Chemical (KWR) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported EBITDA Margin of 6.99% for Q1 2026, up 75.0% year-over-year from 3.99% in Q1 2025, and up 4.86% on a QoQ basis from 6.67% in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 6.99% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin rose 75.0% year-over-year to 6.99% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.06% (down 614.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.81%, down 778.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin improved to 6.99% in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from 6.67% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 12.61% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 11.06% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 9.06% (2022), against an average of 6.78%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBITDA Margin surged 2139 bps; it then tumbled 2347 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing KWR's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 11.06% in 2022, then surged by 193 bps to 10.33% in 2023, then plunged by 37 bps to 6.53% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 6.67% in 2025, then gained by 5 bps to 6.99% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KWR EBITDA Margin figures stand at 6.99% (Q1 2026), 6.67% (Q4 2025), and 9.44% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 27.78%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 47.55%
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 14.31%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 16.97%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 23.73%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 16.72%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 3.32%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 35.06%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 17.85%
10 Quaker Chemical 2.48 Bn 2.32 Bn 176.74 Mn 6.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.99%
Dec 31, 2025 6.67%
Sep 30, 2025 9.44%
Jun 30, 2025 -10.86%
Mar 31, 2025 6.24%
Dec 31, 2024 6.53%
Sep 30, 2024 11.19%
Jun 30, 2024 12.61%
Mar 31, 2024 11.82%
Dec 31, 2023 10.33%
Sep 30, 2023 12.13%
Jun 30, 2023 11.46%
Mar 31, 2023 9.98%
Dec 31, 2022 -11.06%
Sep 30, 2022 9.06%
Jun 30, 2022 6.48%
Mar 31, 2022 6.20%
Dec 31, 2021 6.88%
Sep 30, 2021 8.02%
Jun 30, 2021 8.92%
Mar 31, 2021 10.45%
Dec 31, 2020 8.99%
Sep 30, 2020 9.49%
Jun 30, 2020 0.78%
Mar 31, 2020 -4,093.42%
Dec 31, 2019 5.18%
Sep 30, 2019 -4.46%
Jun 30, 2019 9.97%
Mar 31, 2019 9.39%
Dec 31, 2018 9.49%
Sep 30, 2018 11.22%
Jun 30, 2018 10.17%
Mar 31, 2018 9.54%
Dec 31, 2017 8.09%
Sep 30, 2017 6.58%
Jun 30, 2017 8.90%
Mar 31, 2017 7.06%
Dec 31, 2016 10.96%
Sep 30, 2016 11.48%
Jun 30, 2016 12.15%
Mar 31, 2016 11.14%
Dec 31, 2015 7.21%
Sep 30, 2015 9.90%
Jun 30, 2015 11.67%
Mar 31, 2015 9.85%
Dec 31, 2014 8.50%
Sep 30, 2014 10.34%
Jun 30, 2014 10.95%
Mar 31, 2014 10.66%
Dec 31, 2013 8.26%
Sep 30, 2013 10.22%
Jun 30, 2013 10.71%
Mar 31, 2013 9.88%
Dec 31, 2012 7.91%
Sep 30, 2012 8.77%
Jun 30, 2012 9.61%
Mar 31, 2012 9.40%
Dec 31, 2011 6.56%
Sep 30, 2011 9.60%
Jun 30, 2011 8.90%
Mar 31, 2011 8.82%
Dec 31, 2010 8.18%
Sep 30, 2010 6.85%
Jun 30, 2010 9.86%