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) Return on invested capital

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NewMarket Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.0%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.2% (fiscal 2021) to 28.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 13.2% (2.51)
FY2024 15.7% (3.11)
FY2023 18.8% 5.69
FY2022 13.1% 1.91
FY2021 11.2% (4.43)
FY2020 15.6% (1.99)
FY2019 17.6% 2.19
FY2018 15.4% (2.60)
FY2017 18.0% (9.77)
FY2016 27.8% (0.63)

Against its own ten years

Low 11.2% High 28.4%
Ten-year median 15.7%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 16.9%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 13.1%
NEU NewMarket Corporation 13.0%
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 10.2%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 7.99%
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 7.80%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 5.41%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 5.38%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −2.22%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.21%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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