NEU vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, SXT, FUL, KWR, ASH, and IOSP
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 Innospec (IOSP). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
NewMarket vs. Its Competitors
International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) and NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
International Flavors & Fragrances currently has a consensus price target of $92.36, suggesting a potential upside of 43.30%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than NewMarket.
NewMarket has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -103.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewMarket pays out 21.8% 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.
In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 20 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 7 mentions for NewMarket. NewMarket's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat International Flavors & Fragrances' score of 0.76 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of NewMarket shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of NewMarket shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
NewMarket beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 10 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
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This page (NYSE:NEU) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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