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NEU vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, and KWR

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), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Houghton (KWR). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
International Flavors & Fragrances$11.48B1.69$243M-$3.27-23.24
NewMarket$2.79B2.46$462.41M$50.2414.49

NewMarket has a net margin of 17.22% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of -7.31%. NewMarket's return on equity of 34.45% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
International Flavors & Fragrances-7.31% 7.99% 3.86%
NewMarket 17.22%34.45%15.16%

International Flavors & Fragrances presently has a consensus target price of $93.43, indicating a potential upside of 22.95%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than NewMarket.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
International Flavors & Fragrances
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
NewMarket
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 20 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 3 mentions for NewMarket. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat NewMarket's score of 0.58 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
International Flavors & Fragrances
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NewMarket
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewMarket pays out 21.9% 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 increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

Summary

International Flavors & Fragrances beats NewMarket 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

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$6.93B$15.98B$3.31B$20.79B
Dividend Yield1.50%1.94%5.14%3.71%
P/E Ratio14.4918.2292.7627.89
Price / Sales2.463.1831,218,733,196,606,700.0042.50
Price / Cash12.1613.5623.8722.63
Price / Book4.783.186.074.57
Net Income$462.41M$421.06M$147.90M$988.81M
7 Day Performance-1.29%-0.60%2.42%0.21%
1 Month Performance9.48%3.87%6.90%3.91%
1 Year Performance37.64%9.71%26.83%11.35%

NewMarket Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEU
NewMarket
2.7832 of 5 stars
$727.76
-0.9%
N/A+42.9%$6.93B$2.79B14.492,060
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.7574 of 5 stars
$75.04
-1.7%
$93.43
+24.5%
-20.4%$19.52B$11.48B-22.953,400Analyst Revision
RPM
RPM International
4.076 of 5 stars
$111.03
-2.1%
$125.91
+13.4%
+7.6%$14.56B$7.30B22.2517,207Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALB
Albemarle
4.4704 of 5 stars
$65.55
-2.5%
$91.62
+39.8%
-23.2%$7.91B$5.38B-5.898,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CE
Celanese
3.711 of 5 stars
$58.10
-4.6%
$63.50
+9.3%
-53.7%$6.66B$10.28B-3.8212,163Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
BCPC
Balchem
4.3164 of 5 stars
$162.53
-1.5%
$180.00
+10.7%
-0.6%$5.38B$953.68M38.981,361Positive News
SXT
Sensient Technologies
2.5608 of 5 stars
$107.20
-0.6%
$110.00
+2.6%
+44.8%$4.58B$1.56B35.504,014News Coverage
FUL
H. B. Fuller
3.4313 of 5 stars
$60.77
-2.4%
$67.25
+10.7%
-18.4%$3.36B$3.57B32.857,500Insider Trade
ASH
Ashland
4.6473 of 5 stars
$52.40
-2.4%
$68.60
+30.9%
-41.6%$2.45B$2.11B-21.833,200Analyst Forecast
IOSP
Innospec
3.5184 of 5 stars
$86.47
-2.5%
N/A-25.9%$2.21B$1.85B80.062,450News Coverage
KWR
Quaker Houghton
3.9677 of 5 stars
$123.59
-0.5%
$159.25
+28.9%
-21.4%$2.20B$1.84B23.364,400

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This page (NYSE:NEU) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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