Growth Metrics

Quaker Chemical (KWR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Quaker Chemical (KWR) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 6.0% to 0.02% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.02%, a 6.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.02%, down 6.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.02% for Q4 2025 at Quaker Chemical, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.09% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.02% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.06% and a median of 0.05% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 7bps in 2023, then fell -7bps in 2025.
  • Quaker Chemical's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.06% in 2021, then plummeted by -65bps to 0.02% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 330bps to 0.09% in 2023, then fell by -7bps to 0.08% in 2024, then crashed by -74bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for KWR's Return on Capital Employed are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).