NYSE:NEUNewMarket Stock Price, Forecast & News

NewMarket's stock was trading at $397.22 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NEU stock has decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $393.72. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

NewMarket Co. (NYSE:NEU) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $7.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $6.11 by $1.56. The specialty chemicals company earned $559.42 million during 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. Investors 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 1.93%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. View NewMarket's dividend history.

1 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for NewMarket's stock. 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 a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NewMarket.

Headlines about NEU stock have been trending neutral on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about NewMarket.

NewMarket saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 146,100 shares, a decrease of 5.9% from the June 15th total of 155,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 57,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.7% 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), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Ashland Global (ASH), Quaker Chemical (KWR), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Balchem (BCPC), PolyOne (POL), HB Fuller (FUL), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Stepan (SCL) 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), 6 Meridian (0.01%) and Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 6 Meridian. View insider buying and selling activity for NewMarket.

NEU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, and Envestnet Asset Management 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 $393.72.

NewMarket has a market capitalization of $4.31 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]