Quaker Chemical (KWR) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported Free Cash Flow of -$6.9 million for Q1 2026, up 55.33% year-over-year from -$4.4 million in Q1 2025, and down 128.25% quarter-over-quarter from $24.3 million in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$6.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$6.9 million, up 55.33% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $89.1 million (down 28.51% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $80.6 million, down 50.49% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow retreated to -$6.9 million in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from $24.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $74.7 million in Q3 2023 and troughed at -$23.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $28.8 million and a median of $33.6 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow sank 84250.0% in 2022, then jumped 900.84% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $59.8 million in 2022, then grew by 11.34% to $66.6 million in 2023, then tumbled by 38.99% to $40.6 million in 2024, then slumped by 40.11% to $24.3 million in 2025, then sank by 128.25% to -$6.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KWR's Free Cash Flow at -$6.9 million in Q1 2026, $24.3 million in Q4 2025, and $38.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 898.00 Mn
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 800,000.00
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 758.00 Mn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 1.10 Bn
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn -19.00 Mn
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 92.00 Mn
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 130.00 Mn
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn -538.00 Mn
10 Quaker Chemical 2.59 Bn 2.43 Bn 176.74 Mn -6.87 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -6.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -6.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 24.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 24.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 38.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 38.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 33.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 33.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -15.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -15.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 40.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 40.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 59.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 59.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 39.64 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 39.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 22.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 22.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 66.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 66.55 Mn