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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View NewMarket's Dividend History.

NewMarket Co. (NYSE:NEU) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $6.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the 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 Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for NewMarket.

NewMarket will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

1 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for NewMarket's shares. Their forecasts range from $420.00 to $420.00. On average, they expect NewMarket's stock price to reach $420.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.9%. 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 trended positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. NewMarket earned a media sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for NewMarket.

NewMarket saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 196,700 shares, an increase of 12.9% from the December 15th total of 174,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 44,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the company 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), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Ashland Global (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Quaker Chemical (KWR), PolyOne (POL), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), HB Fuller (FUL) 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%), 6 Meridian (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp (0.01%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and 6 Meridian. 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 $471.22.

NewMarket has a market capitalization of $5.27 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]