---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000081362-24-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:17:55.748898+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton Q2 net sales $463.6M (-6%); EPS $1.94; adj. EPS $2.13; EBITDA up 5%; dividend +6.6%

## Summary
- Net sales $463.6M, down 6% YoY due to index-based pricing (-4%) and slight volume decline (-1%).
- GAAP EPS $1.94 vs $1.63; non-GAAP EPS $2.13 vs $1.93; adjusted EBITDA $84.3M, +5% YoY.
- Gross margins improved 200 bps YoY, 8th consecutive quarterly increase; operating margins up in all segments.
- Americas sales -12% YoY, EMEA -4%, Asia/Pacific +3% on volume improvement and new business wins.
- Declared 6.6% dividend increase; repurchased $7.8M in shares; net debt/EBITDA 1.7x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000081362-24-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136224000117/0000081362-24-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136224000117/kwr-20240805.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000081362-24-000117.txt

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