Both in Industrial Chemicals
NewMarket vs Sensient Technology
Over the past year NEU returned −1.4% and SXT returned +28.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.25.
NEU −1.4% SXT +28.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | NEU | SXT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $756.63 | $118.22 |
| Market cap | $6.96B | $5.03B |
| Today | −3.45% | +0.50% |
| 1 month | −18.1% | −8.1% |
| 6 months | +11.3% | +3.3% |
| Year to date | +10.1% | +25.8% |
| 1 year | +1.2% | +31.7% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +3.8% | +10.6% |
| Gross margin | 31.0% | 36.2% |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 10.6% |
| P/E (TTM) | 15.3× | 29.7× |
| Price / sales | 2.5× | 2.9× |
| Net cash | -$752.7M | -$747.8M |
| Dividend yield | 1.59% | 1.39% |
| Volatility (60d) | 24.9% | 29.8% |
| Short % of float | 7.2% | 2.7% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).