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Innospec (IOSP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$90.47 -2.93 (-3.14%)
As of 03:58 PM Eastern

About Innospec Stock (NASDAQ:IOSP)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$88.74
$93.42
50-Day Range
$83.39
$100.62
52-Week Range
$80.32
$133.71
Volume
193,390 shs
Average Volume
151,431 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.27 billion
P/E Ratio
63.71
Dividend Yield
1.75%
Price Target
N/A
Consensus Rating
Strong Buy

Company Overview

Innospec Inc. develops, manufactures, blends, markets, and supplies specialty chemicals in the United States, rest of North America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company's Fuel Specialties segment offers a range of specialty chemical products that are used as additives in additives in diesel, jet, marine, fuel oil and other fuels. This segment's products are used in the operation of commercial trucking, marine and aviation engines, power station generators, heating oil, and other industrial machinery applications. Its Performance Chemicals segment provides technology-based solutions for its customers' processes or products that focuses on the personal care, home care, agrochemical, construction, mining, and other industrial markets. The company's Oilfield Services segment develops and markets chemical solutions for drilling, completion, fracturing, stimulation, and completion operations; and products for oil and gas production. It sells its products primarily to oil and gas exploration and production companies, oil refineries, fuel manufacturers and users, personal care and home care companies, formulators of agrochemical, and other chemical and industrial companies. The company was formerly known as Octel Corp. and changed its name to Innospec Inc. in January 2006. Innospec Inc. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Innospec Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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78th Percentile Overall Score

IOSP MarketRank™: 

Innospec scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 61st out of 187 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Innospec are expected to grow by 12.62% in the coming year, from $6.18 to $6.96 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Innospec is 64.60, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.16.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Innospec is 64.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 72.02.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Innospec has a P/B Ratio of 1.88. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.34% 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 1.5, 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 13.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Innospec pays a meaningful dividend of 1.71%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Innospec has been increasing its dividend for 10 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Innospec is 111.27%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Innospec will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.70% next year. This indicates that Innospec will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Innospec's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.34% 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 1.5, 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 13.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Innospec has a news sentiment score of 0.95. 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 0.54 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Innospec this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Innospec insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $794,853.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.31% 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.

  • Read more about Innospec's insider trading history.
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IOSP Stock News Headlines

Innospec Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
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Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) Upgraded to "Buy" at StockNews.com
Innospec upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Seaport Research
Seaport Global Upgrades Innospec (IOSP)
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IOSP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Innospec's stock was trading at $110.06 at the beginning of the year. Since then, IOSP stock has decreased by 16.7% and is now trading at $91.73.
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Innospec Inc. (NASDAQ:IOSP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 8th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.42 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.02. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 11.9% on a year-over-year basis.
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Innospec's board approved a share repurchase plan on Monday, March 10th 2025, which permits the company to repurchase $50,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Top institutional investors of Innospec include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (9.57%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.40%), Royce & Associates LP (2.60%) and Financial Harvest LLC (1.73%). Insiders that own company stock include Patrick Williams, Philip John Boon, Ian Cleminson, David B Jones, Milton C Blackmore, Corbin Barnes, Larry Padfield, Leslie J Parrette, Hardy Louis Griffin III and Claudia Poccia.
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Shares of IOSP 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Innospec investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Visa (V) and Home Depot (HD).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
5/08/2025
Today
5/09/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Chemicals & allied products
Sub-Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:IOSP
Employees
2,100
Year Founded
1938

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
64.60
Forward P/E Ratio
14.84
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$139.10 million
Pretax Margin
2.23%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.85 billion
Cash Flow
$6.84 per share
Price / Cash Flow
13.41
Book Value
$48.72 per share
Price / Book
1.88

Miscellaneous

Free Float
24,563,000
Market Cap
$2.30 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.11

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This page (NASDAQ:IOSP) was last updated on 5/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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