INNOSPEC INC (IOSP)
Materials · Specialty chemicals manufacturing · NASDAQ
Specialty chemicals innovator serving personal care, fuel efficiency, and oilfield markets with technology-based additives and process solutions globally.
What INNOSPEC INC does
Innospec develops, manufactures, and supplies specialty chemicals across three segments: Performance Chemicals for personal care, home care, agrochemicals, construction and mining applications; Fuel Specialties providing fuel additives that improve efficiency, boost engine performance and reduce emissions; and Oilfield Services supplying drilling, completion, production chemicals and drag reducing agents. The company serves customers globally across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
Themes: ["specialty chemicals manufacturing","fuel additives / emissions reduction","oilfield chemicals / production optimization","personal care and home care formulations","industrial process chemicals"]
Fundamentals
- Price$80.72 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$2.0B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-9.5% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E17.69 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+6.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+27.4% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+8.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+0.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-3.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.92 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.2%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on single-source ethylene supply via pipeline for German operations representing approximately 4% of sales; restriction on road transport of ethylene in Germany creates supply concentration risk","Exposure to commodity price volatility for raw materials including oleochemicals, solvents, amines and alcohols which represent substantial portions of variable manufacturing costs","Cyclical oilfield services segment subject to oil and gas exploration and production activity levels and pricing fluctuations"]
Competitors & peers
- Chevron Oronite (fuel additives)
- Lubrizol (fuel additives and specialty chemicals)
- BASF (specialty chemicals across multiple end-markets)
- Huntsman (specialty chemicals and additives)
- Arkema (specialty chemicals and additives)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.