Newmarket Corp dividend history

Newmarket Corp's dividend was $11.25 a share in fiscal 2025, up 12.5% on the year before. That was 25.3% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2018.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $126M
Dividends (TTM): $111M
Returned to shareholders: 62%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $152M
Diluted share count: −1.9%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 3.4%; dividends 1.6% + buybacks 1.8% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 24%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 4.5%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 7.0%; of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Newmarket Corp: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Dividend per share	$1.07	$1.56	$2.39	—	$3.80	$4.70	$5.80	$6.40	$7.00	$7.00	$7.30	$7.60	$8.00	$8.40	$8.85	$10.00	$11.25	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+45.6%	+52.7%	—	—	+23.7%	+23.4%	+10.3%	+9.4%	0.0%	+4.3%	+4.1%	+5.3%	+5.0%	+5.4%	+13.0%	+12.5%	—
Dividends paid	16	23	33	376	50	59	71	76	83	80	82	83	86	84	85	96	106	111
Share buybacks	0	122	98	0	92	249	195	36	26	232	0	101	196	207	43	32	77	126
Dividends ÷ net income	10.1%	12.8%	15.8%	156.8%	19.0%	25.5%	29.7%	31.1%	43.5%	34.3%	32.1%	30.8%	45.0%	30.1%	21.9%	20.7%	25.3%	24.4%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	12.0%	17.7%	24.9%	160.5%	23.0%	33.9%	50.0%	36.0%	88.1%	65.3%	29.4%	43.7%	99.4%	160.7%	16.1%	20.7%	21.6%	29.0%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

October 30, 2026 NewMarket Corporation Increases Quarterly Dividend Source
August 17, 2026 NewMarket Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend Source

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Figures from Newmarket Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Newmarket Corp.