Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
NewMarket Corporation NEU
$924.06 +0.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $8.50B
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 19.9× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 93 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.74B, down 1.3% from a year earlier, accelerating from -3.5% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 18%
- Gross marginTop 39%
- Operating marginTop 20%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
- Interest coverTop 23%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 28%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 50%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 46%
- 6-month returnTop 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 4%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.5% | -1.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -13.0% | -8.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 31.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 20.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 18.9% | 18.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.3% | -3.5% | ↑ | Bottom 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -8.0% | -13.0% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 32.7% | ↓ | Top 39% |
| Operating margin | 20.0% | 21.8% | ↓ | Top 20% |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 17.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.2% | 18.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | — | Top 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.5% | — | Top 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.38×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.26×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 15.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.29%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.49%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.78%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | — | +0.6% | +13.6% | +18.9% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | — | -0.1% | +6.3% | +8.9% | +20.0% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | — | -3.0% | -15.4% | -16.4% | -5.6% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | — | +0.7% | +5.6% | +3.0% | -12.3% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | — | -1.0% | +3.1% | +18.3% | +9.1% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | — | +1.2% | +5.2% | +14.3% | +28.2% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | — | -2.7% | +3.6% | +13.0% | +20.2% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | — | -0.2% | +3.5% | +2.9% | -3.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $14.54 | — | — | $747.1M |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $12.62 | — | — | $669.7M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $8.65 | — | — | $635.4M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $10.67 | — | — | $690.3M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $11.84 | — | — | $698.5M |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $13.26 | — | — | $700.9M |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $11.56 | — | — | $654.6M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $13.79 | — | — | $724.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.9× | 13.4× | 100th | Top 28% |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.9× | — | — | Top 50% |
| EV / Sales | 3.41× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.87% | — | — | Top 30% |
| Earnings yield | 5.02% | — | — | Top 28% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.3× – 19.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +10.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -8.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +37.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 50
- Days above the 200-day average
- 93
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +23.9%
- RSI (14)
- 62.4
- Relative volume
- 0.94×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 70th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.66
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2021 | Sep 2, 2022 | -34.3% | 418 days | 211 days (Jul 10, 2023) |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Mar 13, 2026 | -33.0% | 107 days | 98 days (Aug 4, 2026) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | -25.0% | 216 days | 86 days (May 15, 2025) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | -10.3% | 17 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $8.50B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $46.39
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.74B
- Dividend yield
- 1.30%
- 52-week range
- $580.03 – $981.66
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.36B | $2.76B | $2.70B | $2.79B | $2.73B |
| Gross profit | $547.7M | $640.5M | $772.5M | $886.3M | $857.4M |
| Operating income | $257.8M | $355.1M | $483.0M | $590.0M | $543.7M |
| Net income | $190.9M | $279.5M | $388.9M | $462.4M | $418.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $17.71 | $27.77 | $40.44 | $48.22 | $44.44 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $724.9M | $654.6M | $700.9M | $698.5M | $690.3M | $635.4M | $669.7M | $747.1M |
| Net income | $132.3M | $110.7M | $125.9M | $111.2M | $100.3M | $81.3M | $118.1M | $133.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $13.79 | $11.56 | $13.26 | $11.84 | $10.67 | $8.62 | $12.56 | $14.54 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $165.3M | $108.6M | $576.8M | $519.6M | $569.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$78.9M | -$56.2M | -$48.3M | -$57.3M | -$77.6M |
| Free cash flow | $86.4M | $52.5M | $528.5M | $462.3M | $491.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$85.9M | -$84.3M | -$85.0M | -$95.9M | -$105.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$196.2M | -$207.5M | -$42.9M | -$31.9M | -$77.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $93.6M
- Total assets
- $3.62B
- Total liabilities
- $1.78B
- Total debt
- $939.9M
- Net debt
- $846.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.84B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $3.00 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $3.00 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $3.00 | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $3.00 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $2.75 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $2.75 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $2.75 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $2.50 | Jan 2, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 553,989
- Days to cover
- 4.77
- Change vs previous report
- +7.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 2002
- 1-for-5
- Mar 11, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Jul 1, 1993
- 3-for-2
- Jun 2, 1986
- 2-for-1
- Apr 2, 1985
- 2-for-1