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

690.68 34.43 −4.75%
Market cap
$6.4B
P/E
14.0×
Fwd P/E
0.0×
Dividend yield
1.74%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.44
Beneish M
−2.55
Dividend safety
89/100

NewMarket Corporation (NEU) Gross margin

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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

Against its own ten years

Low 23.2% High 33.0%
Ten-year median 29.0%
Current reading's percentile 79

Gross margin against peers

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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