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KWR (Quaker Houghton) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 16.43 (As of May. 22, 2025)


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What is Quaker Houghton Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-22), Quaker Houghton's current share price is $106.62. Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $6.49. Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 16.43.

The historical rank and industry rank for Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

KWR' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.65   Med: 40.6   Max: 62.97
Current: 16.05

During the past years, Quaker Houghton's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 62.97. The lowest was 15.65. And the median was 40.60.

KWR's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
61.39% of 531 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.51 vs KWR: 16.05

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Quaker Houghton's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.870. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $6.49 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Quaker Houghton Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Quaker Houghton Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Quaker Houghton Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 54.13 45.27 33.38 36.27 21.50

Quaker Houghton Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.28 26.73 26.18 21.50 19.05

Competitive Comparison of Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Quaker Houghton Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=106.62/6.49
=16.43

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Quaker Houghton's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Quaker Houghton's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.87/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.870

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Quaker Houghton Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.312 100.684 1.758
201509 1.638 100.392 2.201
201512 1.341 99.792 1.813
201603 0.663 100.470 0.890
201606 1.746 101.688 2.317
201609 1.140 101.861 1.510
201612 1.298 101.863 1.719
201703 0.438 102.862 0.575
201706 0.740 103.349 0.966
201709 1.296 104.136 1.679
201712 1.592 104.011 2.065
201803 -0.053 105.290 -0.068
201806 1.114 106.317 1.414
201809 2.100 106.507 2.660
201812 1.787 105.998 2.275
201903 -0.189 107.251 -0.238
201906 1.452 108.070 1.813
201909 0.525 108.329 0.654
201912 2.341 108.420 2.913
202003 0.867 108.902 1.074
202006 1.232 108.767 1.528
202009 3.524 109.815 4.330
202012 3.389 109.897 4.161
202103 -0.927 111.754 -1.119
202106 0.001 114.631 0.001
202109 0.349 115.734 0.407
202112 2.118 117.630 2.429
202203 -0.848 121.301 -0.943
202206 -0.472 125.017 -0.509
202209 -1.286 125.227 -1.386
202212 3.345 125.222 3.604
202303 1.767 127.348 1.872
202306 3.760 128.729 3.941
202309 4.166 129.860 4.329
202312 3.710 129.419 3.868
202403 1.269 131.776 1.299
202406 2.210 132.554 2.250
202409 3.346 133.029 3.394
202412 2.288 133.157 2.318
202503 -0.870 134.927 -0.870

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Quaker Houghton  (NYSE:KWR) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Quaker Houghton Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
901 East Hector Street, Conshohocken, PA, USA, 19428-2380
Quaker Houghton manufactures and sells a variety of industrial process fluids. The product portfolio of the company includes metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die-cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging fluids, hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, rod and wire drawing fluids and surface treatment chemicals. The geographic segments of the company include America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific, and Global Specialty Businesses. The majority of the revenue is earned from America.
Executives
David Slinkman officer: SVP - Chief Technology Officer QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
Jeewat Bijlani officer: SVP - Managing Director, Ams. QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
William H Osborne director 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Melissa Leneis officer: SVP, CHRO QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
Charlotte C. Decker director QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
Anna Ransley officer: SVP, CDIO QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
Russell Shaller director 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE RD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Jeffry D Frisby director C/O QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
Joseph A Berquist officer: VP & Managing Director - NA QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
Robert T Traub officer: SVP, GC & Corp. Sec. QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
David Will other: VP, Global Controller & PAO QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380
Michael F Barry officer: VP & CFO & Treasurer ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 HECTOR ST, CONSHOHOCHEN PA 19428
Jeffrey L Fleck officer: SVP, Chief GSCO 1310 SEABOARD INDUSTRIAL BLVD, ATLANTA X1 30318
L Wilbert Platzer officer: VP - WWO
Dieter Laininger officer: Vice President - Global Steel QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 E. HECTOR STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428-2380