Both in Industrial Chemicals

NewMarket vs REX American Resources

Over the past year NEU returned −1.4% and REX returned +20.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

NEU −1.4% REX +20.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNEUREX
Price$756.63$38.72
Market cap$6.96B$1.28B
Today−3.45%−1.33%
1 month−18.1%−10.7%
6 months+11.3%−24.3%
Year to date+10.1%+19.8%
1 year+1.2%+21.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.8%+17.9%
Gross margin31.0%28.5%
Net margin17.3%18.7%
P/E (TTM)15.3×10.7×
Price / sales2.5×1.9×
Net cash-$752.7M$376.4M
Dividend yield1.59%—
Volatility (60d)24.9%29.5%
Short % of float7.2%3.1%
Next earnings——

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