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

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

NewMarket announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $1.90 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $7.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 13th. This is a boost from NewMarket's previous quarterly dividend of $1.75. View NewMarket's Dividend History.

NewMarket Co. (NYSE:NEU) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $6.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $5.16 by $1.47. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $563.42 million for the quarter. NewMarket had a net margin of 11.70% and a return on equity of 47.25%. View NewMarket's Earnings History.

NewMarket is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for NewMarket.

NewMarket will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd 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 twelve-month price objectives for NewMarket's stock. Their predictions range from $420.00 to $420.00. On average, they anticipate NewMarket's stock price to reach $420.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%. 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 stories about NEU stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for NewMarket.

NewMarket saw a decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 204,200 shares, a decrease of 25.7% from the August 30th total of 274,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 82,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.4% 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), Celanese (CE), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Ashland Global (ASH), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Balchem (BCPC), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Sensient Technologies (SXT), PolyOne (POL), HB Fuller (FUL), Innospec (IOSP) 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), Entegris (ENTG), Lam Research (LRCX), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Texas Instruments (TXN), Ford Motor (F), Lithia Motors (LAD), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

NewMarket's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.02%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.00%) and NEXT Financial Group Inc (0.00%). Company insiders that own NewMarket stock include 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold NewMarket company stock in the last year include 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 First Hawaiian Bank, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Simplex Trading LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 $463.28.

NewMarket has a market capitalization of $5.18 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]