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How NewMarket Corporation stacks up
NEU · against 217 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
87/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #62 of 218 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score37 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including NEU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 87?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: 16.6% vs peer median 6.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 83% of peers. Operating margin: 20.0% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 91% of peers. Return on assets: 12.0% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NEU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NEU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 209 reported | 16.6% | 11.6% | 65% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 217 reported | 20.0% | 13.0% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 197 reported | 12.0% | 5.0% | 80% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 194 reported | 25.1% | 11.3% | 83% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 218 reported | 31.5% | 30.4% | 53% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NEU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 1 | 583.2B INR (≈$7.0B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 3 | 49.8B HKD (≈$6.4B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 3 | 59.7B CNY (≈$8.4B) | 98 | 88 | |
| 3 | 29.0B CNY (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 57 | 559.4B INR (≈$6.7B) | 88 | 68 | |
| 57 | 8.1B USD | 88 | 66 | |
| 62 | 72.5B HKD (≈$9.3B) | 87 | 70 | |
| 62 | 83.0B CNY (≈$11.6B) | 87 | 67 | |
| 62 | 6.9B USD | 87 | 63 | |
| 65 | 27.4B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 86 | 82 | |
| 65 | 90.3B CNY (≈$12.6B) | 86 | 69 | |
| 65 | 5.9B USD | 86 | 53 | |
| 65 | 9.1B USD | 86 | 64 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score