Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from 5.19% in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 204.0% year-over-year to 1.43% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.63% (down 225.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.27%, down 458.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin slipped to 1.43% in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from 5.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 15.22% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 4.67% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 6.95% (2025), against an average of 6.03%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Margin jumped 1988 bps; it then sank 832 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing KWR's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 12.33% in 2022, then rose by 16 bps to 14.25% in 2023, then slumped by 36 bps to 9.14% in 2024, then plunged by 43 bps to 5.19% in 2025, then tumbled by 128 bps to 1.43% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KWR FCF Margin figures stand at 1.43% (Q1 2026), 5.19% (Q4 2025), and 7.7% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 10.23%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.01%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 18.06%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 34.80%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn -0.48%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn -7.48%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 17.33%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 7.73%
10 Quaker Chemical 2.48 Bn 2.32 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%
Mar 31, 2021 -3.85%
Dec 31, 2020 15.71%
Sep 30, 2020 17.08%
Jun 30, 2020 7.62%
Mar 31, 2020 5,041.78%
Dec 31, 2019 14.06%
Sep 30, 2019 2.61%
Jun 30, 2019 9.41%
Mar 31, 2019 -1.19%
Dec 31, 2018 11.26%
Sep 30, 2018 12.60%
Jun 30, 2018 6.67%
Mar 31, 2018 -0.33%
Dec 31, 2017 10.01%
Sep 30, 2017 8.07%
Jun 30, 2017 4.87%
Mar 31, 2017 2.97%
Dec 31, 2016 13.97%
Sep 30, 2016 7.89%
Jun 30, 2016 12.28%
Mar 31, 2016 4.89%
Dec 31, 2015 9.65%
Sep 30, 2015 11.45%
Jun 30, 2015 9.45%
Mar 31, 2015 3.13%
Dec 31, 2014 6.17%
Sep 30, 2014 13.54%
Jun 30, 2014 3.97%
Mar 31, 2014 -2.67%
Dec 31, 2013 15.13%
Sep 30, 2013 12.13%
Jun 30, 2013 7.42%
Mar 31, 2013 4.87%
Dec 31, 2012 4.85%
Sep 30, 2012 14.51%
Jun 30, 2012 6.77%
Mar 31, 2012 2.00%
Dec 31, 2011 6.89%
Sep 30, 2011 1.15%
Jun 30, 2011 2.44%
Mar 31, 2011 -6.61%
Dec 31, 2010 10.52%
Sep 30, 2010 4.67%