NYSE:NEU - NewMarket Stock Price, Forecast & News

NewMarket trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NEU."

NewMarket declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $1.90 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $7.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View NewMarket's Dividend History.

NewMarket Co. (NYSE:NEU) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $6.06 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $5.93 by $0.13. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $555.82 million for the quarter. NewMarket had a return on equity of 47.54% and a net margin of 12.17%. View NewMarket's Earnings History.

NewMarket is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for NewMarket.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for NewMarket's shares. Their forecasts range from $420.00 to $420.00. On average, they anticipate NewMarket's share price to reach $420.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for NewMarket.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NewMarket in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for NewMarket.

Media headlines about NEU stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NewMarket earned a news impact score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for NewMarket.

NewMarket saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 189,900 shares, a drop of 12.8% from the October 31st total of 217,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 66,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View NewMarket's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to NewMarket include Ecolab (ECL), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Ashland Global (ASH), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Quaker Chemical (KWR), HB Fuller (FUL), Innospec (IOSP), PolyOne (POL) and Stepan (SCL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NewMarket investors own include Caterpillar (CAT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Lam Research (LRCX), PepsiCo (PEP), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Air Lease (AL), American Express (AXP), Colgate-Palmolive (CL) and Cummins (CMI).

NewMarket's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (1.66%), Squarepoint Ops LLC (0.31%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.29%), Millennium Management LLC (0.29%), JLB & Associates Inc. (0.23%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%). Company insiders that own NewMarket stock include Bruce R Hazelgrove III, Cameron D Warner, James E Rogers and Thomas E Gottwald. View Institutional Ownership Trends for NewMarket.

NEU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Rhumbline Advisers, Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc., New York State Teachers Retirement System, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Brinker Capital Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Company insiders that have sold NewMarket company stock in the last year include Bruce R Hazelgrove III, James E Rogers and Thomas E Gottwald. View Insider Buying and Selling for NewMarket.

NEU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Squarepoint Ops LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System and Man Group plc. View Insider Buying and Selling for NewMarket.

Shares of NEU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NEU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $485.13.

NewMarket has a market capitalization of $5.43 billion and generates $2.29 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $234.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $20.34 on an earnings per share basis. NewMarket employs 2,089 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About NewMarket.

The official website for NewMarket is http://www.newmarket.com/.

NewMarket's mailing address is 330 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, RICHMOND VA, 23219. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 804-788-5000 or via email at [email protected]