Is the price fair?
What NEU's price assumes
NewMarket Corporation trades at 21.1× earnings against 28.3× for the median Specialty Chemicals name, cheaper than its own group.
21.1
Trailing P/E · Specialty Chemicals median 28.3 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 2.21
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 6.5%
Free cash flow yield · Specialty Chemicals median 3.9%
- Growth the price implies
- +2.1%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +2.1% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +44% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 3.44
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 12.9
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 2.53
- Basic Materials median P/E153 names
- 22.8
- Specialty Chemicals median P/E37 names
- 28.3
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $469M
- Market capitalisation
- $7.18B
- 3-year revenue growth
- −1.3%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +44%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $559.51 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $658.95 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $756.29 |
| 52-week range | $579.57 – $961.28 |
| Today | $925.43 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Specialty Chemicals
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