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) Return on assets
NewMarket Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.2%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.48% (fiscal 2021) to 18.9% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 12.6% | (4.34) |
| FY2024 | 16.9% | 0.50 |
| FY2023 | 16.4% | 5.22 |
| FY2022 | 11.2% | 2.74 |
| FY2021 | 8.48% | (5.67) |
| FY2020 | 14.2% | (0.02) |
| FY2019 | 14.2% | 0.43 |
| FY2018 | 13.7% | 1.56 |
| FY2017 | 12.2% | (5.80) |
| FY2016 | 18.0% | (0.93) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| NEU NewMarket Corporation | 13.2% |
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 10.8% |
| BCPC Balchem Corporation compare | 10.2% |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare | 7.23% |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 5.74% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 4.31% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 4.11% |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 3.76% |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | −2.27% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 0.45% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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