NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results

NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday. The specialty chemicals company reported $11.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Zacks reports. NewMarket had a return on equity of 35.79% and a net margin of 15.57%.

NewMarket Stock Performance

Shares of NewMarket stock traded down $13.94 during trading on Monday, hitting $484.08. 41,531 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 32,463. The stock has a market cap of $4.65 billion, a PE ratio of 10.75 and a beta of 0.48. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $518.60 and its 200 day moving average is $536.25. NewMarket has a 12 month low of $480.00 and a 12 month high of $650.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 2.83.

About NewMarket

NewMarket Corporation, through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the manufacture and sale of petroleum additives. The company offers lubricant additives for use in various vehicle and industrial applications, including engine oils, transmission fluids, off-road powertrain and hydraulic systems, gear oils, hydraulic oils, turbine oils, and other applications where metal-to-metal moving parts are utilized; engine oil additives designed for passenger cars, motorcycles, on and off-road heavy duty commercial equipment, locomotives, and engines in ocean-going vessels; driveline additives designed for products, such as transmission fluids, axle fluids, and off-road powertrain fluids; and industrial additives designed for products for industrial applications consisting of hydraulic fluids, grease, industrial gear fluids, and industrial specialty applications, such as turbine oils.