---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-056500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:09:17.307035+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton Q1 net sales record $474.2M, but EPS down 48% to $1.11; adj. EBITDA falls 22%

## Summary
- Record net sales of $474.2M, up 10% YoY; selling prices rose 17% but organic volumes fell 6%.
- GAAP EPS $1.11 vs $2.15 prior year; non-GAAP EPS $1.42 vs $2.11.
- Adjusted EBITDA $60.4M, down 22% vs $77.1M in Q1 2021, due to raw material cost pressures.
- Net operating cash outflow $6.3M; net debt/EBITDA leverage increased to 3.0x from 2.7x.
- Completed two small acquisitions for aggregate ~$9.4M in Q1; no guidance provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-056500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+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/81362/000110465922056500/0001104659-22-056500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465922056500/tm2214563d1_8k.htm

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