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$538.36 +3.66 (+0.68%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

NewMarket vs.

RPM International (NYSE:RPM) and NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

RPM International received 220 more outperform votes than NewMarket when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.97% of users gave NewMarket an outperform vote while only 59.00% of users gave RPM International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RPM InternationalOutperform Votes
449
59.00%
Underperform Votes
312
41.00%
NewMarketOutperform Votes
229
63.97%
Underperform Votes
129
36.03%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RPM International$7.34B2.36$588.40M$4.7728.19
NewMarket$2.70B1.92$388.86M$45.0311.96

81.0% of RPM International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of NewMarket shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of RPM International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of NewMarket shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

NewMarket has a net margin of 15.57% compared to RPM International's net margin of 8.43%. NewMarket's return on equity of 35.79% beat RPM International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RPM International8.43% 26.82% 10.13%
NewMarket 15.57%35.79%14.67%

RPM International currently has a consensus price target of $129.70, indicating a potential downside of 3.54%. Given RPM International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe RPM International is more favorable than NewMarket.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RPM International
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
NewMarket
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

RPM International pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. RPM International pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewMarket pays out 22.2% 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. RPM International has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years. NewMarket is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

RPM International has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, RPM International and RPM International both had 5 articles in the media. NewMarket's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat RPM International's score of 0.45 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RPM International
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NewMarket
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

RPM International beats NewMarket on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NEU vs. The Competition

MetricNewMarketIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.13B$3.01B$2.82B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.87%3.47%5.26%3.50%
P/E Ratio11.9610.99108.2935.66
Price / Sales1.921,166.85591,136.9517.95
Price / Cash10.9822.6023.4317.98
Price / Book3.791.603.324.59
Net Income$388.86M$8.53M$149.36M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-1.27%-1.62%0.62%0.45%
1 Month Performance3.72%-12.63%1.39%1.05%
1 Year Performance4.25%-13.30%27.42%24.67%

NewMarket Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEU
NewMarket
2.074 of 5 stars
$538.36
+0.7%
N/A+4.2%$5.13B$2.70B11.962,000Positive News
RPM
RPM International
3.8625 of 5 stars
$134.46
-0.4%
$129.70
-3.5%
+31.8%$17.37B$7.34B28.1917,207Analyst Upgrade
ALB
Albemarle
3.1133 of 5 stars
$109.55
+2.9%
$114.47
+4.5%
-16.0%$12.88B$9.62B-6.549,000
CE
Celanese
4.9618 of 5 stars
$72.86
+0.9%
$120.59
+65.5%
-44.2%$7.89B$10.94B7.3312,410Analyst Forecast
BCPC
Balchem
4.1793 of 5 stars
$178.03
+0.3%
$190.00
+6.7%
+43.5%$5.79B$922.44M47.861,302Positive News
FUL
H.B. Fuller
4.2653 of 5 stars
$74.56
+1.2%
$97.67
+31.0%
-1.6%$4.03B$3.51B23.017,200
ASH
Ashland
4.9307 of 5 stars
$76.23
-0.2%
$103.29
+35.5%
-2.7%$3.72B$2.11B22.763,800Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SXT
Sensient Technologies
4.0829 of 5 stars
$76.30
-0.2%
$85.00
+11.4%
+31.0%$3.24B$1.46B36.503,956News Coverage
Positive News
IOSP
Innospec
3.6901 of 5 stars
$118.25
+1.3%
N/A+9.0%$2.91B$1.95B20.642,400Ex-Dividend
KWR
Quaker Chemical
3.968 of 5 stars
$165.19
+1.1%
$187.33
+13.4%
-6.7%$2.91B$1.95B24.224,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.2456 of 5 stars
$79.95
+0.5%
N/A+28.0%$2.54B$2.17B16.944,070

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This page (NYSE:NEU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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