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.

876.01 11.81 −1.33%
Market cap
$8.2B
P/E
18.8×
Fwd P/E
0.0×
Dividend yield
1.37%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.44
Beneish M
−2.55
Dividend safety
89/100

NewMarket Corporation (NEU) P/E ratio

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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

Against its own ten years

Low 10.0× High 27.8×
Ten-year median 18.2×
Current reading's percentile 59

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)

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