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Quaker Chemical (KWR) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) reported Retained Earnings of -$125.4 million for Q1 2026, up 28.63% year-over-year from -$97.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 121.01% on a QoQ basis from $596.6 million in Q4 2025.

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 17 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$125.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 28.63% year-over-year to -$125.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$125.4 million (up 28.63% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $596.6 million, up 395.91% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings eased to -$125.4 million in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from $596.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $596.6 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$201.6 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$3.7 million (2023), against an average of $39.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Retained Earnings jumped 862.05%; it then sank 4781.64% in 2025.
  • Tracing KWR's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at -$138.2 million in 2022, then jumped by 498.32% to $550.6 million in 2023, then plunged by 136.62% to -$201.6 million in 2024, then soared by 395.91% to $596.6 million in 2025, then tumbled by 121.01% to -$125.4 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KWR Retained Earnings figures stand at -$125.4 million (Q1 2026), $596.6 million (Q4 2025), and $584.7 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 17.64 Bn
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 1.37 Bn
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 12.83 Bn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn -2.06 Bn
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 23.17 Bn
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 6.71 Bn
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn -259.11 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn -24.20 Bn
10 Quaker Chemical 2.48 Bn 2.32 Bn 176.74 Mn -125.36 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -125.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 596.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 584.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -115.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -175.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -201.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -128.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -165.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 3.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 550.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -3.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -4.02 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 390,000.00
Dec 31, 2022 -138.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 303,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 -603,000.00
Dec 31, 2021 -63.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -54.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -35.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -53.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -26.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -75.01 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -109.26 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 -121.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -78.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 -106.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -78.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -79.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -80.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -80.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -74.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -58.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -65.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -66.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -72.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -81.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -87.41 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 -72.03 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -71.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 -68.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -73.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -71.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -60.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 -62.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -54.41 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 -41.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -31.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 -33.02 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -34.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 -43.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -45.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 -41.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -41.86 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -28.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -30.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 -23.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -28.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -19.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 -5.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -12.75 Mn