Innospec (IOSP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Innospec Inc. is a global specialty chemicals company that develops and manufactures products for customers in the fuels, oilfield and performance chemicals markets. Its Fuel Specialties business supplies additives for fuels and lubricants, while its Oilfield Services business provides chemical products and services used in oil and gas operations.

Through its Performance Chemicals business, Innospec makes specialty ingredients for applications including personal care, home care and agriculture. Its products are used by industrial and consumer-products manufacturers around the world.

The company was formerly known as Octel Corporation and adopted the Innospec name in 2006 as it expanded beyond its historical fuel-additives business. It serves customers across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $77.43 to $79.21
• 50-Day Range: $77.72 to $101.41
• 52-Week Range: $65.51 to $102.00
• Volume: 250,353 shs
• Average Volume: 283,802 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.95 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.95
• Dividend Yield: 2.33%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Innospec Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Innospec scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 86th out of 227 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Innospec has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Innospec has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Innospec are expected to grow by 17.50% in the coming year, from $5.03 to $5.91 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Innospec is 13.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.22.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Innospec is 13.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 27.20.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Innospec has a PEG Ratio of 3.12. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Innospec has a P/B Ratio of 1.41. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.88% of the float of Innospec has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Innospec has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.89, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Innospec has recently decreased by 5.53%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Innospec pays a meaningful dividend of 2.35%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Innospec has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Innospec is 32.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Innospec will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.13% next year. This indicates that Innospec will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.86

News Sentiment

Innospec has a news sentiment score of 0.86. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.39 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Innospec this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for IOSP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $27,493.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0014% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Innospec insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $27,493.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.45% of the stock of Innospec is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.64% of the stock of Innospec is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/12/2026
• Record date for 11/25 Dividend: 11/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/25 Dividend: 11/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:IOSP
• CIK: 1054905
• Web: www.innospec.com
• Phone: (303) 792-5554
• Fax: 303-792-5668
• Employees: 2,450
• Year Founded: 1938

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.67
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.39
• P/E Growth: 3.12
• Net Income: $116.60 million
• Net Margins: 7.49%
• Pretax Margin: 9.25%
• Return on Equity: 9.36%
• Return on Assets: 6.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.95
• Quick Ratio: 1.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.78 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.10
• Cash Flow: $7.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.05
• Book Value: $56.04 per share
• Price / Book: 1.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 24,630,000
• Free Float: 24,275,000
• Market Cap: $1.95 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88