PQ Group Holdings Inc.

PQ Group Holdings Inc. provides specialty catalysts, materials, chemicals, and services in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Refining Services, Catalysts, Performance Materials, and Performance Chemicals. The Refining Services segment offers sulfuric acid recycling and end-to-end logistics services to produce alkylate; and virgin sulfuric acid for water treatment, mining, and industrial applications. The Catalysts segment provides silica catalysts and zeolite catalysts for producers and licensors of polyethylene and methyl methacrylate. The Performance Materials segment offers transportation safety microspheres for various binders, such as paint and epoxy coatings; and engineered glass materials, including solid and hollow microspheres and particles for uses, such as strengthening and light-weighting in plastics and polymer additives, cleaning and peening of metal surfaces, and conductivity or shielding in electronic applications. The Performance Chemicals segment offers sodium silicates for construction, cleaning, water treatment, pulp and paper, foundry and refractory, green tires, electronics, and refining catalysts; and specialty silicas for use as ingredients in personal care products, foods, edible oils, and beers, as well as industrial uses consisting of gloss control in coil, wood, general industrial leather, and other surface coating applications. This segment also provides other silicate derivatives, including metasilicates, spray dried silicates, and magnesium and potassium silicates for use in cleaning, specialty fertilizer, oil and gas, mining, paint, food, and cosmetic applications, as well as zeolites for use as builders for detergents and other applications, such as stabilizers for the production of polyvinylchloride applications. PQ Group Holdings Inc. was founded in 1831 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

PQ Group Holdings Inc. trades as PQG on NYSE. The company is classified in Basic Materials / Chemicals - Specialty and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Chemicals - Specialty. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $723.50M of revenue and -$71.10M of net income.

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PQ Group Holdings Inc. can be compared against peers such as Chase Corporation, Livent Corporation, MAG Silver Corp., Mativ Holdings, Inc., Radius Recycling, Inc., Resolute Forest Products Inc..

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Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $1.93B, beta of 0.81, and return on equity of -11.8%.

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PQG currently shows total debt of $38.20M and beta of 0.81. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Recent filings to review: 4 (2026-05-27 00:00:00), 3 (2026-05-26 00:00:00), 8-K (2026-05-21 00:00:00), SC 13G/A (2026-05-08 00:00:00).

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Company website: http://www.pqcorp.com

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