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Company snapshot — NewMarket Corporation

NEU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
NewMarket Corporation makes petroleum additives that go into lubricants and fuels: engine oil additives, transmission and driveline fluids, industrial hydraulic and gear oils, and fuel additives that improve refining and combustion performance. It also markets antiknock compounds and offers contract manufacturing services. Customers include vehicle and equipment makers, refiners and industrial users worldwide. It is based in Richmond, Virginia, and has operated since the nineteenth century.
Where it sits in the stack
NewMarket sits outside our AI build-out sleeves; it belongs to the Specialty Chemicals corner of our wider universe, supplying additive chemistry to transport and industrial markets rather than to compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Our universe carries no defined peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other additive and specialty-chemical makers such as Lubrizol.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelook score yet, so no module read is available, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether additive demand tracks vehicle and industrial output as engine technology shifts, and whether that shows through in the chart trend the diary follows.

NewMarket Corporation (NEU) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for NEU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Specialty Chemicals · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against NEU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.35%, quarterly · last 3.00 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What NEU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 12.00 USD per share · a 1.35% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +11.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 10.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 3.00 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 2.25 USD (partial) · 2024: 10.00 USD · 2025: 11.25 USD · 2026: 9.00 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is NewMarket Corporation (NEU)?

NewMarket Corporation trades as NEU on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is NEU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — NewMarket Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does NEU trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3% vs the 50-day and +21% vs the 200-day average, 9.1% below the 52-week high and +54.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 64 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does NewMarket Corporation do?

NewMarket Corporation makes petroleum additives that go into lubricants and fuels: engine oil additives, transmission and driveline fluids, industrial hydraulic and gear oils, and fuel additives that improve refining and combustion performance. It also markets antiknock compounds and offers contract manufacturing services. Customers include vehicle and equipment makers, refiners and industrial users worldwide. Our universe carries no defined peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other additive and specialty-chemical makers such as Lubrizol.

Where does NewMarket Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

NewMarket sits outside our AI build-out sleeves; it belongs to the Specialty Chemicals corner of our wider universe, supplying additive chemistry to transport and industrial markets rather than to compute infrastructure. It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelook score yet, so no module read is available, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.

Does NewMarket Corporation pay a dividend?

NewMarket Corporation has paid 12.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.35% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 3.00 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NEU, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Chemicals. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.