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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.25
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 16.58%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 8,160.00
Revenue 2,742.52
Net Income 433.37
Free Cash Flow 473.66
Net Debt 761.23
Current Ratio 2.25 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.47 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 18.85
Fwd P/E 0.00
P/S ratio 2.93
P/B ratio 4.36
Past 5Y EPS Growth 12.52%
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth (100.00%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 7.70%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 58.94%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 98.08%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 23.92%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 98.05%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 37.15%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.26
Annual Dividend Rate 12.00
Annual Dividend Yield 1.37%
total individual payouts
2026 9.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
2025 11.25
2.75
2.75
2.75
3.00
2024 10.00
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2023 8.85
2.10
2.25
2.25
2.25
2022 8.40
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2021 8.00
1.90
1.90
2.10
2.10
2020 7.60
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
2019 7.30
1.75
1.75
1.90
1.90
2018 7.00
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
2017 7.00
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
2016 6.40
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 112 77 78 94
Receivables 432 395 422 481
Inventory 456 505 502 524
Other — — — —
1,040 1,030 1,060 1,150
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 231 226 238 342
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 16 6 14 7
364 374 419 511

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.44% 6.27% (0.48%)
Cash Flow 7.82% 14.90% 73.67%
Earnings 5.77% 9.08% 14.39%
Book Value 16.46% 18.54% 32.62%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 670 747 — — —
’25 701 699 690 635 2,725
’24 697 710 725 655 2,787
’23 703 685 667 643 2,698
’22 663 724 696 683 2,765
’21 567 591 622 577 2,356
’20 559 411 513 528 2,011
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 124 162 — — —
’25 120 161 142 145 569
’24 103 115 117 185 520
’23 110 152 143 172 577
’22 7 18 (8) 93 109
’21 49 55 41 20 165
’20 64 30 122 68 284
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 100 135 — — —
’25 107 145 122 117 491
’24 89 100 102 171 462
’23 98 138 134 158 529
’22 (6) 2 (21) 77 52
’21 29 31 21 5 86
’20 44 10 122 35 211
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 12.62 14.54 — — —
’25 13.26 11.84 10.67 8.65 44.44
’24 11.23 11.63 13.79 11.56 48.22
’23 10.09 10.36 11.60 8.38 40.44
’22 5.75 6.54 6.32 9.26 27.77
’21 6.38 4.75 4.80 1.65 17.71
’20 7.67 2.05 8.77 6.12 24.64
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 322.54 377.27 352.89 382.88 304.65 297.29 280.28 310.90 494.04 480.00

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 447.97 483.86 437.63 505.16 488.81 432.55 360.77 578.33 650.00 875.97
People
People Employees 1,998 2,223 2,089 2,118 2,105 2,104 2,058 2,000 2,060 2,050
Revenue/emp, $m 1.03 0.99 1.10 1.03 0.96 1.12 1.34 1.35 1.35 1.33
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,049 2,198 2,290 2,190 2,011 2,356 2,765 2,698 2,787 2,725
Gross margin, % 33.04 28.95 25.57 28.76 29.59 23.25 23.17 28.63 31.81 31.46
EBT 343 315 290 332 331 248 348 489 584 561
EBT margin, % 16.75 14.35 12.68 15.14 16.47 10.51 12.58 18.12 20.96 20.57
Net income 243 191 235 254 271 191 280 389 462 419
Depreciation 45 55 72 88 84 84 82 78 117 122
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 173.27 185.93 198.84 196.16 183.46 219.05 275.52 281.58 291.63 290.34
Earnings 20.54 16.08 20.34 22.73 24.64 17.71 27.77 40.44 48.22 44.44
Cash flow 29.88 20.53 17.19 30.20 25.92 15.37 10.82 60.19 54.38 60.62
Capex (12.08) (12.58) (6.48) (5.32) (6.69) (7.34) (5.60) (5.04) (6.00) (8.27)
Free cash flow 17.80 7.96 10.71 24.88 19.24 8.03 5.23 55.15 48.38 52.35
Book value 40.86 50.88 42.55 61.18 69.32 70.86 75.97 112.39 152.97 189.46
Shares, m 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 9
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 20.88 25.12 20.23 21.39 16.18 19.49 11.59 13.55 10.96 15.47
P/S 2.47 2.17 2.07 2.48 2.17 1.56 1.17 1.95 1.81 2.37
P/B 10.49 7.93 9.69 7.95 5.75 4.84 4.25 4.87 3.45 3.63
EV/Sales 2.63 2.41 2.38 2.72 2.41 1.85 1.64 2.27 2.26 2.79
EV/FCF 25.58 56.24 44.16 21.41 23.03 50.54 86.30 11.60 13.61 15.48
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 353 243 198 337 284 165 109 577 520 569
Capex (143) (149) (75) (59) (73) (79) (56) (48) (57) (78)
Free cash flow 211 94 123 278 211 86 52 529 462 491
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 542 517 542 571 586 663 768 675 655 640
Total debt 507 603 771 660 615 1,139 1,004 644 971 883
Net debt 315 519 698 516 490 680 935 532 894 806
Shareholders’ equity 483 602 490 683 760 762 762 1,077 1,462 1,778
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 17.98 12.18 13.74 14.17 14.15 8.48 11.22 16.44 16.94 12.60
ROIC 27.77 18.00 15.40 17.59 15.60 11.17 13.08 18.77 15.66 13.15
ROE 55.80 35.12 42.92 43.28 37.44 25.03 36.56 42.13 36.30 25.75
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

NewMarket Corporation vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ALB Albemarle Corporation $11.6B 199× 14.9× +31.08% (above 0%: growing) n/m +708.43% (above 0%: growing) 33.86% 25.98% Compare
SSL Sasol Ltd. $10.1B 3.5× 5.2× −5.20% (below 0%: shrinking) +20.86% (above 0%: growing) +6,912.65% (above 0%: growing) 31.35% 0.00% Compare
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. $9.5B 27.4× 27.8× +11.13% (above 0%: growing) −14.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +70.83% (above 0%: growing) 32.23% 17.16% Compare
ESI Element Solutions Inc. $8.7B 47.4× 33.3× +56.41% (above 0%: growing) +60.00% (above 0%: growing) +29.19% (above 0%: growing) 34.15% 11.63% Compare
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $8.6B 11.3× 12.1× +138.12% (above 0%: growing) +381.25% (above 0%: growing) −63.75% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.05% 48.62% Compare
NEU NewMarket Corporation $8.2B 18.8× — (loss-making) +6.96% (above 0%: growing) +22.80% (above 0%: growing) −6.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.45% 21.91%
WLK Westlake Corporation $8.1B — (loss-making) 24.8× +10.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +184.09% (above 0%: growing) 19.93% 11.13% Compare
EMN Eastman Chemical Company $7.3B 16.1× 11.5× +9.88% (above 0%: growing) +31.15% (above 0%: growing) +49.40% (above 0%: growing) 22.28% 12.38% Compare
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. $7.2B 20.5× 13.6× +3.14% (above 0%: growing) −16.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +7.22% (above 0%: growing) 34.55% 12.41% Compare
Median of peers $8.7B 20.5× 14.3× +10.95% +26.01% +60.12% 33.05% 12.40%

All 60 Specialty Chemicals stocks →

NewMarket Corporation (NEU) key facts

  • Concern: NewMarket Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.7 billion, down 2.20% from fiscal 2024.
  • Concern: Net income was $418.7 million, or $44.44 per share (basic), a net margin of 15.3%.
  • NewMarket Corporation (NEU) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NEU traded at $876.01, a market capitalization of $8.2 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 18.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.9× sales; its P/E is higher than 59% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • NewMarket Corporation pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share, a yield of 1.37%, with a payout ratio of 25.8%.
  • Return on equity was 25.8% and debt-to-equity 0.46.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.44 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

NewMarket Corporation (NEU) Latest News

14 Apr

Impact 4 · transcript
Impact 4 · transcript

13 Feb

30 Oct

Impact 4 ·

25 Apr

Impact 4 · transcript

5 Feb

Impact 4 · transcript
stockrow.com/NEU · Data as of Jun 30, 2026 · For information only; not investment advice. · © 2026 stockrow.com