KWR SEC Filing News — Quaker Chemical Corporation

Latest SEC filings for Quaker Chemical Corporation (KWR) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-01.

Quaker Chemical Corporation, doing business as Quaker Houghton, provides industrial process fluids worldwide. The company develops, produces, and markets various formulated specialty chemical products; and offers chemical management services for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications. It offers metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging and hydraulic fluids, s…
Sector: Basic Materials Industry: Specialty Chemicals Market Cap: $2.7B
20
Total Filings
0
Bullish Classifications
2
Bearish Classifications
15
Insider Transactions
4
Material Events (8-K)
1
Periodic Reports
Rule-based classifications for KWR currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 2 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.
KWR Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-05-28 — 2026-10-01
Insider Transactions (Form 4)
0 buys vs 2 sells
Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.
Largest Form 144 Filing
$106.6K
Bijlani Jeewat (EVP, Glob. Spec. & CGO) · 2026-05-28
731 shares · Form 4
Insider Transactions 15 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 15 filings in this group are Form 4s for Quaker Chemical Corporation.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 15 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 10 compensation award, 2 other reported transaction, 2 open-market sale and 1 option exercise. 2 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×10
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Other reported transaction ×2
The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.
Open-market sale ×2
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Option exercise ×1
The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Form 4 Other reported transaction Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-24

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Gulf Hungary Holding Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
J Other transaction 5,017 $169.29 $849.3K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Gulf Hungary Holding Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (10% Owner) Shares: 5,017
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Other reported transaction Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-11

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Bijlani Jeewat (EVP, Glob. Spec. & CGO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
J Other transaction 7 $153.20 $1.1K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Bijlani Jeewat (EVP, Glob. Spec. & CGO) Shares: 7
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-06

KWR insider Osborne William H (Director) sold 600 shares (~$101.0K)

Osborne William H, listed as Director at QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP, reported an open-market sale of 600 KWR shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 600 $168.31 $101.0K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Osborne William H (Director) Shares: 600 Est. Value: $101.0K
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-17

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Coler Thomas (EVP, CFO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 2,352 — —
M Option exercise 68 — —
F Tax withholding on vested shares 741 $144.46 $107.0K
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 2,352 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 68 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Coler Thomas (EVP, CFO) Shares: 3,161
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-03

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Foufopoulos - De Ridder Lucrece (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award 413 $145.24 $60.0K
F Tax withholding on vested shares 124 $145.24 $18.0K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Foufopoulos - De Ridder Lucrece (Director) Shares: 537
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Foufopoulos - De Ridder Lucrece (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
F Tax withholding on vested shares 365 $143.53 $52.4K
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Foufopoulos - De Ridder Lucrece (Director) Shares: 1,581
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

DOUGLAS MARK (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
A Compensation award 766 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: DOUGLAS MARK (Director) Shares: 1,982
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

West Fay (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: West Fay (Director) Shares: 1,216
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Shaller Russell (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
A Compensation award 413 $145.24 $60.0K
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Shaller Russell (Director) Shares: 1,629
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Osborne William H (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Osborne William H (Director) Shares: 1,216
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Hinduja Sanjay (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Hinduja Sanjay (Director) Shares: 1,216
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Henry Charlotte C. (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Henry Charlotte C. (Director) Shares: 1,216
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

FRISBY JEFFRY D (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: FRISBY JEFFRY D (Director) Shares: 1,216
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

KWR insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

BAKHSHI NANDITA (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 1,198 — —
M Option exercise 18 — —
A Compensation award 413 $145.24 $60.0K
M Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units 1,198 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Dividend Equivalent Rights 18 — —
A Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units 975 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: BAKHSHI NANDITA (Director) Shares: 1,629
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-05-28

KWR insider Bijlani Jeewat (EVP, Glob. Spec. & CGO) sold 731 shares (~$106.6K)

Bijlani Jeewat, listed as EVP, Glob. Spec. & CGO at QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP, reported an open-market sale of 731 KWR shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 731 $136.64 $99.9K
S Open-market sale 731 $145.77 $106.6K
M Option exercise derivative · Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 731 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Bijlani Jeewat (EVP, Glob. Spec. & CGO) Shares: 731 Est. Value: $106.6K
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Material Events 4 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 4 in this period for Quaker Chemical Corporation. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-01

KWR filed 8-K — material company event

QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-09-08

KWR filed 8-K — material company event

QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-07-30

KWR filed 8-K — material company event

QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-07-07

KWR filed 8-K — material company event

QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Periodic Reports 1 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 quarterly report (10-Q) for Quaker Chemical Corporation.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-07-30

KWR filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

How we classify Quaker Chemical Corporation's filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on KWR. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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