---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000081362-25-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:31:48.584332+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton Q1 revenue down 6% to $442.9M; non-GAAP EPS $1.58 vs $2.09; 2025 outlook in-line with 2024

## Summary
- Net sales $442.9M, down 6% YoY; net income $12.9M ($0.73 diluted) vs $35.2M ($1.95) in Q1 2024.
- Non-GAAP net income $28.0M, or $1.58 per diluted share, vs $37.7M ($2.09) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $69.0M (15.6% margin) vs $83.3M in Q1 2024, down 17% on lower volumes.
- Acquired Dipsol Chemicals ($155.2M), Natech ($6.5M), and CSI ($3.9M) to strengthen portfolio.
- Guidance: expects 2025 revenue and earnings in-line with 2024; soft end markets persist into H2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000081362-25-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/81362/000008136225000056/0000081362-25-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136225000056/kwr-20250501.htm

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