NewMarket (NEU)
Materials · Specialty chemicals and advanced additives
A global specialty chemicals company delivering lubricant additives, fuel additives, and critical aerospace propellants to automotive, industrial, and defense customers worldwide.
What NewMarket does
NewMarket Corporation is a specialty chemicals holding company that manufactures and sells petroleum additives (through Afton), antiknock compounds (Ethyl), specialty materials for solid rocket motors (AMPAC), and high-purity hydrazine for aerospace and defense (Calca). The company serves global customers across automotive, industrial machinery, and aerospace/defense sectors through its worldwide manufacturing and research operations.
Themes: ["Petroleum additives","Aerospace and defense propellants","Specialty chemicals","Rocket motor materials","Lubricant formulations"]
Fundamentals
- Price$766.46 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$7.1B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+4.7% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E17.31 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+15.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+31.3% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+24.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.54 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-3.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-0.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.58 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.6%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Revenue declining 3.47% YoY as of latest report, indicating pressure from market conditions or customer demand","Significant exposure to aerospace/defense and automotive end-markets, which are cyclical and subject to geopolitical and economic fluctuations","Global operations across multiple countries with political and economic uncertainty, requiring risk mitigation through currency hedging and prepaid transactions"]
Competitors & peers
- Chevron (CVX)
- Exxon Mobil (XOM)
- Shell (SHEL)
- BASF (German chemical conglomerate)
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.