Lubrizol (LZ) Rivals Could See Interest After Buffett Takes Out His Elephant Gun (NEU) (HUN) (EMN) (CYT)

Shares of NewMarket Corp. (NYSE: NEU) could see interest today following Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK/a) $9.7 billion acquisition of Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) today.

NewMarket is listed as a direct competitor of Lubrizol.

Other competitors that could see interest today include: Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN), Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE: EMN) and Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE: CYT).

Larger competitors that likely won't receive too much interest include: Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW), Chevron Oronite (NYSE: CVX), Infineum, a joint venture of ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and Shell Oil Company (NYSE: RDS/a).

Still others are: Arkema, BASF, Bayer, COIM, Georgia Gulf, Merquinsa, Sekisui Chemical, Yantai Wanhua, Evonik (Degussa Goldschmidt), ISP, NK Chemicals, Rhodia, SNF, Stepan, Sumitomo Seika, 3V Sigma, Vinati, Byk, Hexion, Michelman, Micro Powders, OMNOVA, Parachem, Reichhold, Tego.

Others in the chemical space could also see action including: Westlake Chemical Corp. (NYSE: WLK), Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), FMC Corp. (NYSE: FMC), LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB).

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