Growth Metrics

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

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported Net Margin of 2.72% for Q1 2026, up 64.0% year-over-year from 1.66% in Q1 2025, and down 11.83% on a QoQ basis from 3.09% in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 2.72% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Net Margin rose 64.0% year-over-year to 2.72% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.25% (down 566.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.11%, down 683.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin declined to 2.72% in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from 3.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 6.96% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 16.34% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 4.0% (2022), against an average of 2.05%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Net Margin soared 1954 bps; it then tumbled 2229 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing KWR's Net Margin over 5 years: stood at 16.34% in 2022, then soared by 120 bps to 3.2% in 2023, then plunged by 33 bps to 2.15% in 2024, then soared by 44 bps to 3.09% in 2025, then fell by 12 bps to 2.72% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KWR Net Margin figures stand at 2.72% (Q1 2026), 3.09% (Q4 2025), and 4.64% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 3.95%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 25.06%
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 9.44%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 13.55%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 22.85%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn -
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 1.71%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 28.46%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.83%
10 Quaker Chemical 2.48 Bn 2.32 Bn 176.74 Mn 2.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.72%
Dec 31, 2025 3.09%
Sep 30, 2025 4.64%
Jun 30, 2025 -15.44%
Mar 31, 2025 2.08%
Dec 31, 2024 2.15%
Sep 30, 2024 6.36%
Jun 30, 2024 6.85%
Mar 31, 2024 6.96%
Dec 31, 2023 3.20%
Sep 30, 2023 6.06%
Jun 30, 2023 5.24%
Mar 31, 2023 4.85%
Dec 31, 2022 -16.34%
Sep 30, 2022 5.31%
Jun 30, 2022 3.18%
Mar 31, 2022 4.00%
Dec 31, 2021 3.53%
Sep 30, 2021 6.73%
Jun 30, 2021 12.78%
Mar 31, 2021 7.78%
Dec 31, 2020 11.58%
Sep 30, 2020 6.95%
Jun 30, 2020 -3.07%
Mar 31, 2020 -9,542.76%
Dec 31, 2019 3.34%
Sep 30, 2019 -4.54%
Jun 30, 2019 7.31%
Mar 31, 2019 6.39%
Dec 31, 2018 -22.68%
Sep 30, 2018 8.59%
Jun 30, 2018 8.17%
Mar 31, 2018 6.18%
Dec 31, 2017 -28.80%
Sep 30, 2017 5.21%
Jun 30, 2017 5.90%
Mar 31, 2017 3.41%
Dec 31, 2016 8.93%
Sep 30, 2016 8.15%
Jun 30, 2016 8.00%
Mar 31, 2016 7.44%
Dec 31, 2015 -9.12%
Sep 30, 2015 7.45%
Jun 30, 2015 8.38%
Mar 31, 2015 6.64%
Dec 31, 2014 6.13%
Sep 30, 2014 7.92%
Jun 30, 2014 7.76%
Mar 31, 2014 6.76%
Dec 31, 2013 -7.09%
Sep 30, 2013 6.36%
Jun 30, 2013 7.97%
Mar 31, 2013 7.41%
Dec 31, 2012 -12.23%
Sep 30, 2012 6.04%
Jun 30, 2012 6.20%
Mar 31, 2012 7.06%
Dec 31, 2011 5.91%
Sep 30, 2011 7.51%
Jun 30, 2011 6.14%
Mar 31, 2011 6.80%
Dec 31, 2010 -1.25%
Sep 30, 2010 4.66%
Jun 30, 2010 6.88%