---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-086186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T04:39:01.438042+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton Q2 record sales $492.4M (+13%), net income drops to $14.3M; adjusted EBITDA $58.5M

## Summary
- Record net sales of $492.4M, up 13% YoY, driven by 22% price/mix increase partially offset by 4% volume decline and 6% FX headwind.
- Reported net income $14.3M ($0.80 EPS) vs $33.6M ($1.88 EPS) in Q2 2021; non-GAAP EPS $1.32 vs $1.82.
- Adjusted EBITDA $58.5M, down from $70.1M prior year, due to raw material inflation and macro disruptions.
- Successfully amended credit agreement extending maturity to June 2027; net debt $786.8M, leverage 3.2x.
- CEO expects sequential gross margin expansion and earnings growth in H2 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-086186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465922086186/0001104659-22-086186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465922086186/tm2222545d1_8k.htm

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