secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWMARKET CORP (NEU)
CIK:        0001282637
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001282637-23-000002
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NewMarket FY2022 net income rises to $279.5M ($27.77 EPS) from $190.9M; Q4 net income $90.5M
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- Net income for FY2022 $279.5M ($27.77 EPS) vs $190.9M ($17.71 EPS) in 2021; Q4 net income $90.5M ($9.26 EPS).
- Petroleum additives sales $2.8B (+20% YoY), operating profit $378.2M vs $281.1M in 2021, driven by higher selling prices.
- Shipments declined 2.9% during 2022, primarily due to supply chain disruptions and Russia-Ukraine war sanctions.
- Returned $291.8M to shareholders: $84.3M dividends and $207.5M share repurchases (668,553 shares).
- Management expects inflationary pressures and rising costs to continue in 2023; prioritizes margin recovery and cost control.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282637/000128263723000002/0001282637-23-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282637/000128263723000002/neu-20230131.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001282637-23-000002

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