NewMarket Corporation (NEU) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 77 Materials companies.
NewMarket Corporation (NEU) scores 7.5 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as high quality. The reading rests on solvency, and predictability is what holds it back.
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NewMarket Corporation (NEU) has a Lemma Quality Score of 7.5 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which reads as high quality. A high reading means most of the pillars are strong, with no serious weakness pulling the average down. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Ranked with the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 99th percentile, near the very top of the group. A typical company in the group scores 4.4, and the best quarter starts from 6.2. NewMarket Corporation is well above that typical reading.
Profitability scores 8.2 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 74 Materials companies is 4.4, so NewMarket Corporation is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 90th percentile. High profitability means each unit of capital and of sales is turning into more profit than at most of its peers, which is usually the first sign of pricing power or a cost advantage.
NewMarket Corporation’s solvency score is 8.4 out of 10 (strong). Against a median of 6.7 among 66 Materials companies, that is well above the group and the 74th percentile. A high solvency score means leverage is modest relative to earnings and cash flow, which gives management room to act in a bad year.
NewMarket Corporation’s growth score is 6.9 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 3.2 among 57 Materials companies, that is well above the group and the 93rd percentile. Growth near the median is neither a reason to buy nor a concern, but it does mean the quality case rests more on the other pillars.
On efficiency, NewMarket Corporation scores 7.6, a strong reading. Its peers have a median of 5.2 across 71 Materials companies, which places it well above them, at the 96th percentile. Efficiency at this level means the company needs comparatively little capital to produce what it sells.
NewMarket Corporation’s predictability score is 6.1 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.5 among 76 Materials companies, that is well above the group and the 79th percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
The profile is uneven. Solvency leads at 8.4 while predictability trails at 6.1, a gap of 2.3 points, so the overall averages a clear strength against a clear soft spot. A solvency lead means the balance sheet is the company’s strongest asset, a cushion that buys time when trading gets harder. A predictability shortfall means the record is volatile, so the averages behind the other pillars move more than they appear to.
Every scored pillar is at or above the median of Materials companies, so there is no catch-up left to lift the overall. The risk runs the other way: a one point fall in profitability, the heaviest of them, would take the score from 7.5 to about 7.3. All five pillars could be scored, so the overall uses the full set of weights out of 100: profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20.
These are the Materials companies closest to NewMarket Corporation in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading NewMarket Corporation scores 7.5 out of 10, which reads as high quality. Its strongest pillar is solvency, its weakest is predictability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
NewMarket Corporation ranks at the 99th percentile of the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.4 and the top quarter starts at 6.2, against NewMarket Corporation’s 7.5.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for NEU are in the app.
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