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) Operating margin

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NewMarket Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.2%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.9% (fiscal 2021) to 21.2% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 20.0% (1.22)
FY2024 21.2% 3.27
FY2023 17.9% 5.05
FY2022 12.9% 1.91
FY2021 10.9% (4.57)
FY2020 15.5% 0.11
FY2019 15.4% 2.62
FY2018 12.8% (1.90)
FY2017 14.7% (2.63)
FY2016 17.3% 0.65

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 20.0% (1.96)
Jun 2026 21.9% 0.52
Mar 2026 21.4% 4.07
Dec 2025 17.3% (1.61)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.9% High 21.2%
Ten-year median 15.5%
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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