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$772.10 -10.07 (-1.29%)
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NEU vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, SXT, FUL, KWR, ASH, and MTX

Should you be buying NewMarket stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewMarket include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H. B. Fuller (FUL), Quaker Houghton (KWR), Ashland (ASH), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

NewMarket vs. Its Competitors

NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus target price of $86.07, suggesting a potential upside of 34.82%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than NewMarket.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NewMarket
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
International Flavors & Fragrances
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. NewMarket pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -103.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NewMarket has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

61.1% of NewMarket shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of NewMarket shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 25 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 3 mentions for NewMarket. NewMarket's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat International Flavors & Fragrances' score of 0.63 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NewMarket
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
International Flavors & Fragrances
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NewMarket has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NewMarket has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NewMarket, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NewMarket$2.79B2.60$462.41M$50.4515.30
International Flavors & Fragrances$11.48B1.42$243M-$1.55-41.19

NewMarket has a net margin of 17.28% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of -3.48%. NewMarket's return on equity of 32.25% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NewMarket17.28% 32.25% 15.10%
International Flavors & Fragrances -3.48%7.95%3.97%

Summary

NewMarket beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NEU vs. The Competition

MetricNewMarketCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.26B$15.05B$3.76B$21.77B
Dividend Yield1.42%1.96%5.05%3.62%
P/E Ratio15.3049.91132.9732.43
Price / Sales2.602.9623,957.7081.20
Price / Cash12.8012.9124.3418.06
Price / Book5.073.127.184.59
Net Income$462.41M$424.10M$148.76M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-2.25%1.05%40.77%-0.34%
1 Month Performance-5.25%-2.30%52.46%-0.90%
1 Year Performance47.06%1.02%74.74%9.51%

NewMarket Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEU
NewMarket
2.6866 of 5 stars
$772.10
-1.3%
N/A+47.1%$7.26B$2.79B15.302,060Positive News
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.594 of 5 stars
$61.53
-1.0%
$88.61
+44.0%
-38.9%$15.94B$11.48B-39.703,400
RPM
RPM International
4.6526 of 5 stars
$114.11
-2.3%
$130.60
+14.5%
-16.2%$14.98B$7.37B21.3317,778Trending News
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ALB
Albemarle
3.4348 of 5 stars
$92.08
+4.4%
$87.47
-5.0%
-2.5%$10.38B$5.38B-9.888,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CE
Celanese
4.1112 of 5 stars
$44.31
-1.8%
$56.33
+27.1%
-70.4%$4.94B$10.28B-2.9912,163Dividend Announcement
BCPC
Balchem
4.6388 of 5 stars
$143.16
-1.4%
$189.00
+32.0%
-13.5%$4.71B$953.68M32.831,361News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SXT
Sensient Technologies
4.1587 of 5 stars
$93.70
-1.3%
$110.00
+17.4%
+21.4%$4.03B$1.56B29.564,014News Coverage
Positive News
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.7031 of 5 stars
$59.07
-0.4%
$65.75
+11.3%
-25.8%$3.21B$3.57B31.937,500Analyst Forecast
KWR
Quaker Houghton
3.4762 of 5 stars
$131.93
-1.6%
$150.75
+14.3%
-19.6%$2.33B$1.84B-306.804,400
ASH
Ashland
4.5054 of 5 stars
$49.03
+0.8%
$60.57
+23.5%
-44.2%$2.22B$2.11B-2.623,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.4608 of 5 stars
$61.36
-2.2%
$84.00
+36.9%
-25.9%$1.97B$2.12B1,022.843,891Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:NEU) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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