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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Quaker Chemical Corp.KWR · energy | |
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| Grade |  A/Bon the A/B boundary of 148 graded peers; percentile 21.8, sampling error 3.6 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 33 of 148 |
| Profitability | Bpercentile 28.8 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 45.7 |
| Growth and financing | B/Cpercentile 40.7 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $2.8B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 11 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Feb 23, 2026228 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $158.202026-10-08; market equity $2.7B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 23, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
The Company was organized in 1918 and incorporated as a Pennsylvania business corporation in 1930. Quaker Houghton is the global leader in industrial process fluids. With a robust presence around the world, including operations in over 25 countries, the Company’s customers include thousands of the world’s most advanced and specialized steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, can, mining, and metalworking companies.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 28.8 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 24.3% | [1,3] | 17.5% | 18.8 | 81 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 6.0% | |||||
| pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (5.1%) | [1,4-6] | (5.0%) | 45.6 | 271 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 2.1 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 4.6 pts | 22.2 | 55 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 45.7 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.06% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 3.11 | [1,15-20] | 1.48 | 17.2 | 152 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 5.51x | [18,21-23] | 3.63x | 79.3 | 117 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Interest coverage | 1.20x | [18,24] | 2.37x | 76.8 | 83 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Current ratio | 2.42x | [15-16] | 0.97x | 9.3 | 282 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 40.7 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (1.0%) | [2,8,10,12] | 0.7% | 60.6 | 222 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 82.5% | [5,25-31] | (11.8%) | 5.6 | 55 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 59.0% | |||||
| pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (0.3%) | [1,6,32-33] | 6.4% | 82.4 | 246 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (1.9%) | [34-35] | 0.4% | 14.1 | 157 | 2026-02-16 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.255; sampling error 3.6 percentile points on 148 peers.
Among 148 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG) Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 18.4 Nasdaq · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas market equity $53.7B; last close $191.66 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 18.4 | A/B | |
| 29 | Warrior MET Coal, Inc. (HCC) Warrior MET Coal, Inc. (HCC) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 19.0 NYSE · Silver Ores market equity $4.7B; last close $89.87 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 19.0 | A/B | fortress balance sheet |
| 30 | Crescent Energy Co. (CRGY) Crescent Energy Co. (CRGY) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 19.7 NYSE · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas market equity $4.3B; last close $13.00 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 19.7 | A/B | |
| 31 | Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (HOS) Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (HOS) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 20.4 NYSE · Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC market equity $1.1B; last close $7.63 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 12 of 14 inputs | 20.4 | A/B | fortress balance sheet |
| 32 | Portland General Electric Co. (POR) Portland General Electric Co. (POR) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 21.1 NYSE · Electric Services market equity $5.3B; last close $45.35 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 21.1 | A/B | |
| 33 | Quaker Chemical Corp. (KWR) Quaker Chemical Corp. (KWR) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 21.8 NYSE · Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum & Coal market equity $2.7B; last close $158.20 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 21.8 | A/B | |
| 34 | Ovintiv Inc. (OVV) Ovintiv Inc. (OVV) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 22.4 NYSE · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas market equity $17.5B; last close $63.37 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 22.4 | A/B | |
| 35 | Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB) Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 23.1 NYSE · Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC market equity $466.2M; last close $10.16 Warnings: late filer; 8 of 14 inputs | 23.1 | A/B | late filer |
| 36 | Pure Cycle Corp. (PCYO) Pure Cycle Corp. (PCYO) Bsecond fifth; percentile 23.8 Nasdaq · Water Supply market equity $265.1M; last close $11.01 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 10 of 14 inputs | 23.8 | B | fortress balance sheet |
| 37 | Valero Energy Corp/Tx (VLO) Valero Energy Corp/Tx (VLO) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.5 NYSE · Petroleum Refining market equity $127.8B; last close $444.12 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 24.5 | B | |
| 38 | Montauk Renewables, Inc. (MNTK) Montauk Renewables, Inc. (MNTK) Bsecond fifth; percentile 25.2 Nasdaq · Gas & Other Services Combined market equity $390.0M; last close $2.74 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 25.2 | B |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | C | 47.6 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | A/B | 21.8 | 148 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | C | 49.5 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | A/B | 19.7 | 148 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 148 graded peers, about 29 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 27.6% | 15.5% | 66 | hotter than 66 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (12.4%) | (15.4%) | 63 | closer to its high than 63 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 1.6% | 4.6% | 21 | pricier than 79 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.0% | 1.3% | 58 | pricier than 42 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.51 | 0.53 | 46 | pricier than 54 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.69 | 0.45 | 70 | pricier than 30 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (9.9%) | (7.2%) | 42 | more equity-funded than 42 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.13) | 0.04 | 27 | ahead of 27 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $2.7B; EBIT $53.0M; free cash flow $80.6M; book equity $1.4B; sales $1.9B; debt $834.9M; cash $155.1M[36].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 5 of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (0.1%) | ✗ fail[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $136.5M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | (4.4 pts) | ✗ fail[4,6,32,37] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $138.9M | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 5.7 pts | ✗ fail[1,6,32,38-39] |
| Current ratio improved | 11.5 pts | ✓ pass[15-16,40-41] |
| No new shares issued | (1.9%) | ✓ pass[34-35] |
| Gross margin improved | (1.3 pts) | ✗ fail[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | 4.6 pts | ✓ pass[2,6,8,32] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $155.1M[42] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $131.2M[5,42-46] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 71 |
| 10-Q received Jul 30, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $22.3M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 228 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.8B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $679.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$2.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $136.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.6B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $686.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.8B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $705.6M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.0B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $612.7M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.9B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $594.6M | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.8B | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $921.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $380.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $596.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $53.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $1.4B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $1.4B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $834.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $179.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $65.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | interest expense | us-gaap:InterestAndDebtExpense | $44.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $55.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $204.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $41.8M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $279.0M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $38.8M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $41.8M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $28.5M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.7B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.8B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 17,335,075 | 2026-02-16 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 17,671,654 | 2025-02-19 | 2025-02-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 17,207,702 | 2026-07-27 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $116.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $834.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $669.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $876.4M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $379.8M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $155.1M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $33.2M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.8M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 45 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $89.9M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 46 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $38.5M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 21.8 is 1.8 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 3.6 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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