Quaker Chemical (KWR) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 1.28 for Q1 2026, down 129.94% year-over-year from 4.28 in Q1 2025, and down 444.62% quarter-over-quarter from 0.37 in Q4 2025.

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

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 1.28 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 1.28, down 129.94% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.39 (up 44.32% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.43, up 110.84% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 1.28 in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.37 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 1.28 in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.06 and a median of 0.13 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio soared 150.4% in 2023, then plunged 255.05% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.13 in 2022, then declined by 1.35% to 0.13 in 2023, then jumped by 65.41% to 0.21 in 2024, then surged by 74.65% to 0.37 in 2025, then slumped by 444.62% to 1.28 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KWR's FCF Payout Ratio at 1.28 in Q1 2026, 0.37 in Q4 2025, and 0.23 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.83
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 246.38
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.25
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.36
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn -8.37
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 1.11
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.63
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn -0.42
10 Quaker Chemical 2.59 Bn 2.43 Bn 176.74 Mn -1.28

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.28
Dec 31, 2025 0.37
Sep 30, 2025 0.23
Jun 30, 2025 0.25
Mar 31, 2025 -0.56
Dec 31, 2024 0.21
Sep 30, 2024 0.14
Jun 30, 2024 0.21
Mar 31, 2024 0.36
Dec 31, 2023 0.13
Sep 30, 2023 0.11
Jun 30, 2023 0.12
Mar 31, 2023 0.25
Dec 31, 2022 0.13
Sep 30, 2022 -0.34
Jun 30, 2022 -0.88
Mar 31, 2022 -0.49
Dec 31, 2021 0.21
Sep 30, 2021 1.19
Jun 30, 2021 706.20