NYSE:NEUNewMarket Stock Price, Forecast & News

NewMarket's stock was trading at $397.22 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NEU shares have increased by 9.4% and is now trading at $434.54. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

NewMarket is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NewMarket.

NewMarket Co. (NYSE:NEU) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $7.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.11 by $1.56. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $559.42 million for the quarter. NewMarket had a net margin of 12.55% and a return on equity of 43.71%. View NewMarket's earnings history.

NewMarket announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.90 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $7.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View NewMarket's dividend history.

1 brokerages have issued 12-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 3.3%. View analysts' price targets for NewMarket.

Media headlines about NEU stock have trended extremely negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NewMarket earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutNewMarket.

NewMarket saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 153,900 shares, a decrease of 16.9% from the April 30th total of 185,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 69,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.8% 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), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Ashland Global (ASH), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Balchem (BCPC), PolyOne (POL), Stepan (SCL), Sensient Technologies (SXT), HB Fuller (FUL) and Innospec (IOSP). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NewMarket investors own include Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Caterpillar (CAT), Carnival (CCL), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Air Lease (AL), American Express (AXP), Franklin Resources (BEN) and Colgate-Palmolive (CL).

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

NewMarket's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.11%), London Co. of Virginia (5.00%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.98%), State Street Corp (1.76%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.64%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.01%). Company insiders that own NewMarket stock include Bruce R Hazelgrove III, 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 Russell Investments Group Ltd., Invesco Ltd., BlackRock Inc., AJO LP, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., and UBS Group AG. View insider buying and selling activity for NewMarket.

NEU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including London Co. of Virginia, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Aperio Group LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Bessemer Group Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, AQR Capital Management LLC, and Citigroup Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $434.54.

NewMarket has a market capitalization of $4.75 billion and generates $2.19 billion in revenue each year. NewMarket employs 2,089 workers across the globe.

The official website for NewMarket is 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]