NewMarket Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:NEU)

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

NewMarket announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $1.90 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $7.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View NewMarket's Dividend History.

NewMarket Co. (NYSE:NEU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $6.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $5.93 by $0.13. The specialty chemicals company earned $555.82 million during 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives 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 16.2%. 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.

News headlines about NEU stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NewMarket earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for NewMarket.

NewMarket saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 189,900 shares, a decline of 12.8% from the September 30th total of 217,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 66,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View NewMarket's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NewMarket investors own include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Caterpillar (CAT), Ford Motor (F), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Lam Research (LRCX), PepsiCo (PEP), Sanderson Farms (SAFM), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and Air Lease (AL).

NewMarket's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.29%), JLB & Associates Inc. (0.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.16%), Gabelli Funds LLC (0.15%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%). 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 Rhumbline Advisers, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Brinker Capital Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Texas Permanent School Fund and First Quadrant L P CA. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, Alps Advisors Inc., Chicago Equity Partners LLC and Kanawha Capital Management LLC. 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 $501.05.

NewMarket has a market capitalization of $5.61 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]