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Albemarle

ALB · NYSE

$95.77+$1.13 (+1.19%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $94.64

About ALB

Albemarle Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of chemicals for consumer electronics, petroleum refining, utilities, packaging, construction, transportation, pharmaceuticals, crop production, food-safety, and custom chemistry services. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently employs 7,800 full-time employees. The Company’s segments include Energy Storage, Specialties, and Ketjen. The firm's Energy Storage segment develops and manufactures a range of basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride. Its Specialties segment optimizes its portfolio of bromine and highly specialized lithium solutions. Its Specialties segment serves a variety of industries, including energy, mobility, connectivity, and health. Specialty products are essential in both internal combustion and electric vehicles, from high-voltage cables and powertrains to airbags and tires. Its lithium specialties business also provides technical services, including the handling and use of reactive lithium products. Its Ketjen segment includes performance catalyst solutions and a 49% ownership interest in a refining solutions joint venture.

Employees
7,800
Headquarters
Charlotte, North Carolina
Listed
Feb 22, 1994
Sector
Materials
Industry
Chemicals
Website
albemarle.com

ALB key statistics

Market cap
11.17B
Price-earnings ratio
364.00
Dividend yield
3.15%
Average volume
2.38M
Volume
1.17M
Open price
$94.05
High today
$96.82
Low today
$93.80
52 Week high
$221.00
52 Week low
$88.01

Albemarle (ALB) at a glance

Albemarle (ALB) last traded at $95.77, with a market cap of 11.17B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 364.00 and a dividend yield of 3.15%.

Today the stock has traded between $93.80 and $96.82. The current price is 2.1% above the day's low and 1.1% below its high.

Volume so far is 1.17M shares, below the average of 2.38M shares a day.

Over the past year Albemarle has ranged from $88.01 to $221.00, and now sits 6% of the way up that range.

Albemarle met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 5 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $3.75 per share against an estimate of $3.27.

The average analyst price target is $181.16, 89.2% above the current price, from 25 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

68%of 25 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy68.0%
  • Hold32.0%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 22 analystsAvg $181.16
Low
$131.30
Now
$95.77
High
$236.25

ALB earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 5 of the last 8 quarters, by 88.1% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported -$1.55 per share against an estimate of -$0.4438
  2. Q4 FY24: reported -$1.09 per share against an estimate of -$0.7054
  3. Q1 FY25: reported -$0.18 per share against an estimate of -$0.5944
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $0.11 per share against an estimate of -$0.833
  5. Q3 FY25: reported -$0.19 per share against an estimate of -$0.7871
  6. Q4 FY25: reported -$0.53 per share against an estimate of -$0.4125
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $2.95 per share against an estimate of $1.11
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $3.75 per share against an estimate of $3.27

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  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Albemarle Corporation to Release Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Results on Wednesday, November 4, 2026

  • Chandrima Sanyal

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  • Stjepan Kalinic

    Albemarle’s Next CEO Inherits A $250 Million Swing Per Dollar

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Albemarle Announces CEO Succession Plan

  • Lekha Gupta

    Albemarle’s Lithium Math Turns Brutal

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