Quaker Houghton (KWR) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 77 Materials companies.
Quaker Houghton (KWR) scores 4.4 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on predictability, and profitability is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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Quaker Houghton (KWR) has a Lemma Quality Score of 4.4 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which reads as mixed quality. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Ranked with the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 50th percentile, in the better half of its peers. For reference, the middle of the group scores 4.4 and a company needs 6.2 to reach its top quarter, which leaves Quaker Houghton in line with the median.
Profitability scores 3.8 out of 10, which reads as weak. The median across 74 Materials companies is 4.4, so Quaker Houghton is below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 45th percentile. Weak profitability means the business converts less of its sales and capital into profit than its peers, which can come from thin pricing power, high costs or a temporary squeeze.
There is no solvency score for Quaker Houghton: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 66 Materials companies the median for this pillar is 6.7. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
Growth scores 4.2 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 57 Materials companies is 3.2, so Quaker Houghton is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 57th percentile. A middling growth reading is typical of a mature company whose next step depends on reinvestment rather than on its market growing for it.
On efficiency, Quaker Houghton scores 4.4, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 5.2 across 71 Materials companies, which places it below them, at the 41st percentile. Efficiency near the median says the operation is neither unusually lean nor unusually capital hungry.
Predictability scores 5.6 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 76 Materials companies is 4.5, so Quaker Houghton is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 69th percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
The profile is uneven. Predictability leads at 5.6 while profitability trails at 3.8, a gap of 1.8 points, so the overall averages a clear strength against a clear soft spot. A predictability lead means consistency is the business’s strongest trait, which makes its other readings easier to trust. A profitability shortfall is the one most worth understanding, since it bears directly on whether the business creates value.
The pillar with the most room to move the score is profitability. If it rose to the median of Materials companies, 4.4, Quaker Houghton’s overall score would go from 4.4 to about 4.6. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Materials companies closest to Quaker Houghton in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Quaker Houghton scores 4.4 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is predictability, its weakest is profitability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Quaker Houghton ranks at the 50th percentile of the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.4 and the top quarter starts at 6.2, against Quaker Houghton’s 4.4.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for KWR are in the app.
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