secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWMARKET CORP (NEU)
CIK:        0001282637
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T21:17:03+00:00
Accession:  0001282637-26-000015
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NewMarket Q2 net income $133.8M ($14.54 EPS) vs $111.2M; specialty materials sales up 60%
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- Q2 net income $133.8M ($14.54 EPS) vs $111.2M ($11.84 EPS) in Q2 2025; first half net income $251.8M ($27.14 EPS).
- Petroleum additives Q2 sales $675.6M (+3.3% YoY); operating profit $149.4M (+6.9% YoY) on surcharges and efficiency.
- Specialty materials Q2 sales $67.2M (+60% YoY); operating profit $22.3M (+112% YoY) including Calca acquisition.
- First half capex $51.7M; dividends $55.6M; share repurchases $126.4M (over 200k shares); Net Debt/EBITDA 1.0x.
- Expanding ammonium perchlorate and high-purity hydrazine capacity; new capacity expected online end of 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282637/000128263726000015/0001282637-26-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282637/000128263726000015/neu-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001282637-26-000015

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