---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-047569"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:29:49.229475+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton Q3 net sales +7% to $493.8M; adj. EPS $2.08 (+10% YoY); leverage reduced to 2.4x

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $493.8M (+7% YoY) driven by organic volume +3% and acquisitions +5%; price/mix -2%.
- GAAP EPS $1.75; non-GAAP EPS $2.08 (+10% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $82.9M (margin 16.8%).
- Operating cash flow YTD $89.9M (vs $141.5M); gross debt reduced $61.5M in Q3; share repurchases $3.8M.
- Asia/Pacific sales +18% YoY (organic volume +8%); Americas +1%; EMEA +7%.
- CEO expects Q4 YoY sales and earnings growth despite soft demand; building momentum for 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-047569
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+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/81362/000162828025047569/0001628280-25-047569-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000162828025047569/kwr-20251030.htm

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