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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-134435"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T13:29:51.158098+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton reports record Q3 2021 net sales of $449.1M, net income $31.1M

## Summary
- Net sales rose 22% to $449.1M vs Q3 2020, driven by 10% organic volume growth and price/mix gains of 10%
- Non-GAAP EPS of $1.63 increased 5% from $1.56 in Q3 2020; reported EPS was $1.73
- Adjusted EBITDA of $66.2M up 3% from $63.9M in Q3 2020, with trailing twelve-month adjusted EBITDA at $279M
- Invested $13M in three acquisitions (Grindaix, 3-S assets, Baron) expected to add $2M full-year adjusted EBITDA in 2022
- Gross margin fell to 32.3% from 35.5% sequentially due to unprecedented raw material cost inflation; price increases ongoing

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-134435
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465921134435/0001104659-21-134435-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465921134435/tm2131918d1_8k.htm

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