AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · NewMarket (NEU)

NewMarket Q4 net income falls to $81.3 million, or $8.65 per share, from $11.56

Negative Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

NewMarket reported fourth quarter 2025 net income of $81.3 million, or $8.65 per share, down from $110.7 million, or $11.56 per share, a year earlier. For full year 2025, net income was $418.7 million, or $44.44 per share, compared with $462.4 million, or $48.22 per share, in 2024, and the company said a higher effective income tax rate was the main driver of the decline.

Key points

  • Q4 2025 net sales were $635.4 million, compared with $654.6 million in Q4 2024.
  • Q4 2025 petroleum additives operating profit was $106.8 million, compared with $135.7 million a year earlier.
  • Full-year 2025 specialty materials operating profit rose to $47.0 million from $17.5 million in 2024.
  • Full-year 2025 income tax expense was $141.8 million, compared with $121.7 million in 2024.

The filing

CompanyNewMarket (NEU)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 11, 2026, 5:26 PM ET
Accession number0001282637-26-000003

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 11, 2026.

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