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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000081362-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T06:37:21.274287+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton Q4 net sales down 5% to $444M; adj. EPS drops to $1.33

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $444.1M, down 5% YoY; net income $14.2M ($0.81 diluted EPS) vs $20.2M ($1.12) prior year.
- Non-GAAP EPS $1.33 vs $1.78; adjusted EBITDA $64.8M vs $77.0M, down 16%.
- Full year net sales $1.84B, net income $116.6M ($6.51 EPS); operating cash flow $204.6M.
- Americas segment sales down 8%; EMEA down 7%; Asia/Pacific up 5% on new business wins.
- Company expects at least $20M cost savings in 2025 and revenue, EBITDA, earnings growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000081362-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136225000012/0000081362-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136225000012/kwr-20250224.htm

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