NewMarket (NEU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

NewMarket's stock was trading at $545.83 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, NEU shares have increased by 7.0% and is now trading at $583.96.
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NewMarket saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 115,500 shares, an increase of 37.3% from the February 29th total of 84,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 43,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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NewMarket will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 3:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 919-882-2331 with passcode "50270".

NewMarket Co. (NYSE:NEU) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $8.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The specialty chemicals company earned $643.35 million during the quarter. NewMarket had a net margin of 14.41% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.33%.

NewMarket announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $2.50 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $10.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $2.25.
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NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.70%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 24.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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ETFs with the largest weight of NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) stock in their portfolio include VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF (MDCP), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (PYZ), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth ETF (RFG) and iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV).

6 employees have rated NewMarket Chief Executive Officer Teddy Gottwald on Glassdoor.com. Teddy Gottwald has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Teddy Gottwald in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NewMarket investors own include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Caterpillar (CAT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Altria Group (MO), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Cummins (CMI), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Corning (GLW).

NewMarket's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.18%), RK Asset Management LLC (0.11%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.09%), Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.01%), DGS Capital Management LLC (0.00%) and Red Door Wealth Management LLC (0.00%).
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Shares of NEU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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