Albemarle (ALB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Specialties segment provides bromine-based specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; develops and manufactures cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies (CFT), which is composed of hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions (PCS), which is composed of organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection markets. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $71.48 to $76.89
• 50-Day Range: $55.08 to $84.20
• 52-Week Range: $49.43 to $113.91
• Volume: 7.61 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.23 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.87 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.15%
• Price Target: $88.06
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Albemarle Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Albemarle scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 185 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Albemarle has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.88, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 5 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Albemarle has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Albemarle are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.04) to $1.91 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Albemarle is -8.09, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Albemarle is -8.09, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Albemarle has a P/B Ratio of 1.07. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.63% of the float of Albemarle has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Albemarle has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Albemarle has recently decreased by 14.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Albemarle pays a meaningful dividend of 2.31%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Albemarle has been increasing its dividend for 30 years.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Albemarle will have a dividend payout ratio of 84.82% in the coming year. This indicates that Albemarle may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -6.52

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.63% of the float of Albemarle has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Albemarle has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Albemarle has recently decreased by 14.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.97

News Sentiment

Albemarle has a news sentiment score of 0.97. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.40 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 24 news articles for Albemarle this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

46 people have searched for ALB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 12% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

20 people have added Albemarle to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Albemarle insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.33% of the stock of Albemarle is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.87% of the stock of Albemarle is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ALB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ALB shares performed this year?

Albemarle's stock was trading at $86.08 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, ALB stock has decreased by 12.5% and is now trading at $75.36.

How were Albemarle's earnings last quarter?

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.83) by $0.94. The firm's revenue was down 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Albemarle have any subsidiaries?

Albemarle subsidiaries include these companies: MRL’s Wodgina Project, Rockwood Holdings, ACI Cyprus L.L.C., Albemarle Argentina S.R.L., Albemarle Brazil Holdings LTDA., Albemarle Care Fund, Albemarle Catalysts Company B.V., and others.

Who are Albemarle's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Albemarle include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.51%), ProShare Advisors LLC (2.44%), PGGM Investments (0.91%) and Vest Financial LLC (0.82%). Insiders that own company stock include J Kent Masters, Scott Tozier, Eric Norris, Mark Richard Mummert, Karen G Narwold, John Clarence Barichivich III and Kristin M Coleman.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Albemarle?

Shares of ALB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Albemarle own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Albemarle investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Chevron (CVX), Netflix (NFLX) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Today: 8/08/2025
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/12/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/12/2025
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: CHEM - DIVERSIFD
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ALB
• CIK: 915913
• Web: www.albemarle.com
• Phone: (980) 299-5700
• Fax: 225-388-7686
• Employees: 8,300
• Year Founded: 1994

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Albemarle: $88.06
• High Price Target: $170.00
• Low Price Target: $58.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.8%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.88
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($9.32)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$1.18 billion
• Net Margins: -18.61%
• Pretax Margin: -22.63%
• Return on Equity: -1.87%
• Return on Assets: -0.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.38
• Current Ratio: 2.31
• Quick Ratio: 1.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.38 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.65
• Cash Flow: $4.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.58
• Book Value: $70.22 per share
• Price / Book: 1.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 117,680,000
• Free Float: 117,273,000
• Market Cap: $8.87 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.63