NewMarket (FRA:UG9) Risk Assessment

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FRA:UG9 NewMarket Corp FRA:UG9
79 GF Score
Price €665.00
GF Value €482.10
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is NewMarket Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of NewMarket is: No Data: Cannot be evaluated.

NewMarket  (FRA:UG9) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

NewMarket Risk Assessment Related Terms

FRA:UG9 vs AXTA, EMN, PRM: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, NewMarket's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

NewMarket Risk Assessment vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, NewMarket's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NewMarket's Risk Assessment falls into.


FRA:UG9
79GF Score
NewMarket Corp FRA:UG9
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Is NewMarket (FRA:UG9) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, NewMarket stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €665.00 is trading 37.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of €482.10.

Key valuation signals for FRA:UG9:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: €482.10 vs. price of €665.00 (37.9% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 79/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:UG9 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

NewMarket Business Description

Other Exchanges NEU:USAUG9:Germany
Address 330 South Fourth Street, Richmond, VA, USA, 23219-4350
NewMarket Corp is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells petroleum additives used in lubricating oils and fuels to enhance performance. The company operates through two segments: petroleum additives, mainly represented by Afton, where lubricant additives improve the efficiency and durability of base fluids and fuel additives help meet fuel specifications and improve fuel performance, and specialty materials, represented by AMPAC and Calca, including the antiknock compounds business of Ethyl, where primary raw materials include electricity, sodium chlorate, ammonia, chlorine, caustic, and hydrochloric acid, with graphite used in electrolytic cells. The company has operations in North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and EMEAI regions.
79GF Score

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€665.00
Price
€482.10
GF Value