NewMarket Corporation
NEU Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals
NewMarket Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.7 billion, down 2.20% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +3.79%
- EPS
- +26.5%
- Free cash flow
- −73.9%
- Total debt
- +6.00%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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NewMarket Corporation (NEU) Gross margin
NewMarket Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 31.7%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (31.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 23.2% (fiscal 2022) to 33.0% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 31.5% | (0.35) |
| FY2024 | 31.8% | 3.18 |
| FY2023 | 28.6% | 5.46 |
| FY2022 | 23.2% | (0.08) |
| FY2021 | 23.3% | (6.34) |
| FY2020 | 29.6% | 0.83 |
| FY2019 | 28.8% | 3.19 |
| FY2018 | 25.6% | (3.38) |
| FY2017 | 29.0% | (4.09) |
| FY2016 | 33.0% | 1.32 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 31.0% | (1.42) |
| Jun 2026 | 32.5% | (0.53) |
| Mar 2026 | 33.0% | 2.96 |
| Dec 2025 | 30.0% | (0.35) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 37.5% |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 36.6% |
| BCPC Balchem Corporation compare | 36.5% |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare | 35.1% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 33.6% |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation | 31.7% |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 30.9% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 20.6% |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | 10.8% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 27.8% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 25.0% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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