secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWMARKET CORP (NEU)
CIK:        0001282637
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001282637-26-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NewMarket Q1 2026 EPS $12.62 vs $13.26 YoY; petroleum additives shipments slip 7%
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- Net income $118.1M ($12.62 EPS) vs $125.9M ($13.26 EPS) in Q1 2025.
- Petroleum additives sales $609.8M, op. profit $135.0M; shipments down 7% on softness and low-margin pruning.
- Specialty materials sales $58.1M (+8.2% YoY via Calca acquisition); op. profit $12.4M vs $23.2M on AMPAC mix shift.
- Repurchased 200k+ shares for $125.6M; paid $28.0M dividends; capex $24.4M.
- Adjusting prices for raw material cost escalation; rebalancing global production; positive shipment trends at Q1 end.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282637/000128263726000008/0001282637-26-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282637/000128263726000008/neu-20260422.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001282637-26-000008

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