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

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported FCF Margin of 1.43% for Q1 2026, up 204.0% year-over-year from 0.47% in Q1 2025, and down 127.55% quarter-over-quarter from 5.19% in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 1.43% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.43%, up 204.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.63% (down 225.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.27%, down 458.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin retreated to 1.43% in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from 5.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 15.22% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 4.67% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 6.03% and a median of 6.95% in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: FCF Margin soared 1988 bps in 2023, then tumbled 832 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 12.33% in 2022, then advanced by 16 bps to 14.25% in 2023, then plunged by 36 bps to 9.14% in 2024, then slumped by 43 bps to 5.19% in 2025, then sank by 128 bps to 1.43% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KWR's FCF Margin at 1.43% in Q1 2026, 5.19% in Q4 2025, and 7.7% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 10.23%
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 0.01%
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 18.06%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 34.80%
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn -0.48%
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 3.36%
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 7.73%
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn -7.48%
10 Quaker Chemical 2.59 Bn 2.43 Bn 176.74 Mn -1.43%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.43%
Dec 31, 2025 5.19%
Sep 30, 2025 7.70%
Jun 30, 2025 6.95%
Mar 31, 2025 -3.47%
Dec 31, 2024 9.14%
Sep 30, 2024 12.93%
Jun 30, 2024 8.55%
Mar 31, 2024 4.85%
Dec 31, 2023 14.25%
Sep 30, 2023 15.22%
Jun 30, 2023 13.60%
Mar 31, 2023 6.32%
Dec 31, 2022 12.33%
Sep 30, 2022 -4.67%
Jun 30, 2022 -1.71%
Mar 31, 2022 -3.19%
Dec 31, 2021 8.45%
Sep 30, 2021 1.39%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%