Both in Industrial Chemicals

NewMarket vs Minerals Technologies

Over the past year NEU returned −1.7% and MTX returned +16.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.16.

NEU −1.7% MTX +16.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNEUMTX
Price$754.40$65.16
Market cap$6.94B$2.02B
Today−0.29%+0.51%
1 month−18.4%−1.6%
6 months+9.7%−17.5%
Year to date+9.8%+6.9%
1 year−1.8%+14.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.8%+4.2%
Gross margin31.0%23.3%
Net margin17.3%7.7%
P/E (TTM)15.2×—
Price / sales2.5×0.9×
Net cash-$752.7M-$578.8M
Dividend yield1.59%0.74%
Volatility (60d)24.4%17.7%
Short % of float7.2%2.6%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).