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NewMarket Corporation (NEU) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −0.12 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How NEU has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.12 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), NewMarket Corporation moved −0.12% on average · correlation −0.03 · higher than 6% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.17 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.23% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.40% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — NewMarket Corporation

NEU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet’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.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.34%, 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 1.34% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is NewMarket Corporation (NEU)?

NewMarket Corporation trades as NEU on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is NEU in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — NewMarket Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does NEU trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +2.1% vs the 50-day and +21.3% vs the 200-day average, 8.5% below the 52-week high and +55.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 69 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does NewMarket Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year NewMarket Corporation had a beta of −0.12 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 6% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.23% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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 Closelooknet 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 1.34% on the 2026-09-25 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Specialty Chemicals. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.