Quaker Chemical vs NewMarket
KWR and NEU side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KWR and NEU compare
NewMarket is the larger company, worth 2.8 times as much as Quaker Chemical ($7.2B against $2.6B).
On earnings, NewMarket is cheaper: it trades at 15.9× trailing earnings, against 26.9× for Quaker Chemical.
Quaker Chemical grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.7% versus 0.89% for NewMarket).
NewMarket keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.5% compared with 4.8% at Quaker Chemical.
Both pay dividends: Quaker Chemical yields 1.4% and NewMarket 1.5%.
NewMarket scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 11 for Quaker Chemical), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KWR | NEU |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.6B | $7.2B |
| Share price | $150.95 | $783.66 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.7% | 5.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −44.2% | 132% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.44 | 0.51 |
| Employees | 4,700 | 2,050 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 26.9× | 15.9× (better) |
| P/S | 1.3× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 1.8× (better) | 3.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.8× | 11.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 65.9× | 18.8× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.94 |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | 5.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $155.70 | $866.15 |
| Margin of safety | 3.1% | 9.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.7% (better) | 0.89% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.9% | 6.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 2.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 4.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 12.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 35.8% (better) | 31.7% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 20.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 16.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.9% | 13.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 7.0% | 25.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | 17.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.63 | 0.43 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.23 | 1.10 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.8× | 15.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.47 (better) | 2.46 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.48 | 4.71 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 1.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 36.2% | 24.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 7 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.0% | 8.2% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.4% | 3.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.9% | 65.3% |
| Held by insiders | 22.4% | 17.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$208K | $248K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 13.1% | 7.7% |
Go deeper
- KWR stock overview
- KWR income statement
- KWR valuation and score
- NEU stock overview
- NEU income statement
- NEU valuation and score
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