NEU — NEWMARKET CORP

US Materials Specialty chemicals equity mkt cap 8.5B
937.34 +1.05% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 584.66 · high 961.92

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Performance

1 day+1.05%
1 week-2.56%
1 month+21.73%
3 months+30.13%
6 months+53.55%
Year to date+36.29%
1 year+18.47%
3 years+100.75%
5 years+173.90%

Technicals

RSI 1473.9
vs 50-day avg+13.40%
vs 200-day avg+29.14%
Volatility 1y33.2%
Max drawdown 1y-33.04%
Avg volume 30d128.5K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)1.57%
Paid last 12m14.7500
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-11

Measured signals that fired on NEU

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-31Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-18Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-17Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-22Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-07-01Ukrop Lowell Simmons
Director
Grant or award1570.000
2026-07-01GAMBILL MARK M
Director
Grant or award1570.000
2026-07-01Harris H Hiter III
Director
Grant or award1570.000
2026-07-01ROGERS JAMES E
Director
Grant or award1570.000
2026-07-01Xu Ting
Director
Grant or award1570.000
2026-06-18GOTTWALD THOMAS E
Chairman, President & CEO
Gift2110.000
2026-06-04GOTTWALD THOMAS E
Chairman, President & CEO
Gift1.5K0.000
2026-02-24Xu Ting
Director
Open-market purchase400619.21247.7K
2026-02-19FITZGERALD TIMOTHY K
Vice President & CFO
Shares withheld for tax34607.0420.6K
2026-02-18GOTTWALD THOMAS E
Chairman, President & CEO
Gift1200.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.459.4M716.7K
LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA295.5M461.0K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC288.7M450.5K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC227.1M354.3K
Boston Partners160.9M251.1K
STATE STREET CORP150.4M233.6K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP124.7M194.5K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC118.4M184.7K
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC108.1M168.6K
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec85.9M134.0K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d69.3% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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