NEU vs LW Comparison

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.

Lamb Weston is North America's largest and the world's second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, both by volume and value. The company's portfolio is anchored by french fries, but it also sells sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. Roughly two thirds of revenue comes from its home market of North America, with none of the other 100 countries the company sells into representing a significant share. McDonald's is Lamb Weston's single-largest customer at 15% of fiscal 2025 sales, with no other company representing more than 10%. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.