secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR)
CIK:        0000081362
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-010689
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Quaker Houghton reports Q4 net sales $468.5M (+6% Y/Y); FY2025 net loss $2.5M due to impairment
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- Q4 net income $20.7M ($1.18 diluted EPS); non-GAAP EPS $1.65, up 24% Y/Y.
- Full year net sales $1.89B; net loss $2.5M ($0.14 loss per share) includes $88.8M impairment and $35.1M restructuring.
- Adjusted EBITDA Q4 $71.9M (+11% Y/Y); full year $299.2M.
- Asia/Pacific segment net sales up 15% in Q4; Americas flat, EMEA up 7%.
- Generated $136.5M operating cash flow in 2025; returned $75.9M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000162828026010689/0001628280-26-010689-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000162828026010689/kwr-20260223.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-010689

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