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$523.64 -0.56 (-0.11%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM 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.

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

NewMarket has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPM International has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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 58.85% of users gave RPM International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewMarketOutperform Votes
229
63.97%
Underperform Votes
129
36.03%
RPM InternationalOutperform Votes
449
58.85%
Underperform Votes
314
41.15%

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
NewMarket15.57% 35.79% 14.67%
RPM International 8.43%26.82%10.13%

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
NewMarket$2.78B1.81$388.86M$45.0311.63
RPM International$7.29B2.21$588.40M$4.7726.27

In the previous week, RPM International had 4 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RPM International and 2 mentions for NewMarket. RPM International's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat NewMarket's score of 0.71 indicating that RPM International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

61.1% of NewMarket shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of RPM International shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of NewMarket shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of RPM International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. RPM International pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. NewMarket pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RPM International pays out 42.8% 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. RPM International has increased 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 consensus target price of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Given RPM International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RPM International 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)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
RPM International
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Summary

RPM International beats NewMarket on 13 of the 21 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$5.02B$2.61B$2.84B$19.19B
Dividend Yield1.85%3.55%5.16%3.62%
P/E Ratio11.6314.32112.6541.30
Price / Sales1.81993.88797,527.8917.51
Price / Cash11.0629.9124.3721.28
Price / Book4.661.533.405.32
Net Income$388.86M$8.51M$154.69M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.32%-3.26%-2.91%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-3.50%-9.92%1.16%-4.73%
1 Year Performance-5.94%-24.88%17.12%11.57%

NewMarket Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEU
NewMarket
1.8548 of 5 stars
$523.64
-0.1%
N/A-5.3%$5.02B$2.78B11.632,000High Trading Volume
RPM
RPM International
4.0078 of 5 stars
$133.31
+0.7%
$129.70
-2.7%
+12.2%$17.16B$7.34B27.7617,207Analyst Downgrade
ALB
Albemarle
4.019 of 5 stars
$100.39
+1.0%
$114.47
+14.0%
-39.0%$11.80B$6.50B-5.939,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CE
Celanese
4.9985 of 5 stars
$68.52
-0.1%
$116.56
+70.1%
-55.8%$7.49B$10.48B6.9012,410Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BCPC
Balchem
4.6794 of 5 stars
$175.59
-0.1%
$190.00
+8.2%
+13.8%$5.71B$942.38M47.281,302Positive News
FUL
H.B. Fuller
4.0897 of 5 stars
$73.27
-0.2%
$97.67
+33.3%
-16.9%$4.00B$3.55B22.657,200Analyst Forecast
ASH
Ashland
4.8232 of 5 stars
$74.29
-0.7%
$102.00
+37.3%
-15.7%$3.50B$2.11B22.323,200
SXT
Sensient Technologies
3.9925 of 5 stars
$77.71
+0.5%
$85.00
+9.4%
+11.2%$3.29B$1.46B36.983,956Positive News
IOSP
Innospec
3.4093 of 5 stars
$116.00
+0.1%
N/A-10.8%$2.89B$1.95B20.222,400Analyst Downgrade
KWR
Quaker Chemical
4.2978 of 5 stars
$151.90
-0.5%
$187.33
+23.3%
-34.9%$2.70B$1.95B22.394,400News Coverage
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.157 of 5 stars
$79.80
+0.9%
N/A+10.7%$2.54B$2.12B16.764,070Positive News

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This page (NYSE:NEU) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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