Seasonality
NEU seasonality — NewMarket Corporation
Over the last 11 years, NEU's strongest month on average has been August (+3.6%) and its weakest October (-2.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.86% | -1.44% | 40% | +10.7% | -9.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.72% | +0.38% | 50% | +15.0% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.67% | -0.17% | 50% | +6.2% | -3.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.04% | +1.96% | 60% | +9.5% | -17.0% | 10 |
| May | +1.72% | +1.38% | 60% | +14.5% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.62% | +0.62% | 50% | +7.3% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.93% | +2.25% | 60% | +12.3% | -6.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.62% | +3.14% | 60% | +20.4% | -9.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.10% | -0.29% | 40% | +4.7% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Oct | -2.08% | -2.23% | 50% | +6.0% | -12.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.94% | +1.75% | 78% | +10.0% | -2.6% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.15% | -0.88% | 40% | +7.7% | -10.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NEU
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -2.4 | -6.7 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 14.5 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 5.6 | -0.0 | -12.7 | -11.4 | +1.0% | |
| 2025 | -5.7 | 14.5 | -0.6 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 7.3 | -0.6 | 20.4 | 0.1 | -7.3 | -0.6 | -10.0 | +30.1% |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 15.0 | -1.1 | -17.0 | 1.6 | -3.6 | 8.8 | 2.3 | -3.8 | -4.9 | 1.6 | -1.0 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 10.7 | -0.3 | 6.2 | 9.5 | -2.5 | 3.2 | 12.3 | 4.0 | -3.1 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 2.9 | +75.5% |
| 2022 | -1.4 | -6.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | -8.7 | 3.3 | -7.6 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 3.8 | -1.6 | -9.2% |
| 2021 | -1.5 | -3.4 | 0.3 | -8.8 | -1.0 | -6.2 | -1.9 | 10.7 | -3.1 | 0.4 | -2.6 | 3.5 | -13.9% |
| 2020 | -9.6 | -11.6 | -1.5 | 7.5 | 6.0 | -8.2 | -6.4 | -0.6 | -8.1 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 7.7 | -18.1% |
| 2019 | -2.7 | 9.4 | -1.2 | -3.2 | -7.8 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 12.6 | -0.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | -1.5 | +18.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1 | 5.1 | -3.9 | -5.5 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 1.2 | -2.0 | 1.1 | -4.8 | 8.9 | -2.0 | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.1 | -9.0 | 1.7 | -6.0 | 0.0 | -0.8 | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 1.3 |