Quaker Chemical (KWR) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.44% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 2.44%, down 492.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.44% (down 492.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.28%, down 625.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed advanced to 2.44% in Q1 2026 per KWR's latest filing, from 2.18% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 9.46% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 2.07% in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 5.37% and a median of 4.96% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed jumped 699 bps in 2023, then plunged 711 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.12% in 2022, then soared by 330 bps to 9.1% in 2023, then decreased by 7 bps to 8.49% in 2024, then sank by 74 bps to 2.18% in 2025, then gained by 12 bps to 2.44% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows KWR's Return on Capital Employed at 2.44% in Q1 2026, 2.18% in Q4 2025, and 2.07% in Q3 2025.