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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.96%, EPS grew 22.8%, free cash flow fell 6.94% and total debt rose 1.54%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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NewMarket Corporation (NEU) P/E ratio
As of 16 October 2026, NewMarket Corporation (NEU) trades at a P/E ratio of 18.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.0× (January 2025) to 27.8× (December 2018); the current reading is higher than 54% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 25.4× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 19.5×.
P/E ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.5× | 41.18% |
| FY2024 | 11.0× | (19.10%) |
| FY2023 | 13.5× | 16.86% |
| FY2022 | 11.6× | (40.54%) |
| FY2021 | 19.5× | 20.46% |
| FY2020 | 16.2× | (24.36%) |
| FY2019 | 21.4× | 5.76% |
| FY2018 | 20.2× | (19.46%) |
| FY2017 | 25.1× | 20.32% |
| FY2016 | 20.9× | 6.59% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 17.0× | 16.28% |
| Mar 2026 | 14.6× | (5.38%) |
| Dec 2025 | 15.5× | (11.58%) |
| Sep 2025 | 17.5× | 27.78% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | n/m |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 3.5× |
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 11.3× |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 16.1× |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation | 18.8× |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 20.5× |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 27.4× |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 47.4× |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation compare | 199× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 25.4× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 19.5× |
| Market median | 18.1× |
What P/E ratio is
Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.
Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)