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ALB Albemarle Corp
NYSE USD Basic Materials
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As of 29 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 11B
- P/E ratio
- 353.63
- Analyst target
- 161.7752
- Dividend yield
- 1.7%
- Beta
- 1.36
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- ISIN
- Not available
- Market cap
- 11B
- P/E ratio
- 353.63
- Analyst target
- 161.7752
- Dividend yield
- 1.7%
- Beta
- 1.36
About
About Albemarle Corp
Albemarle Corporation provides energy storage solutions 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 for use in lithium batteries used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles; power grids and solar panels; high-performance greases; and specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics. The Specialties segment provides bromine and highly specialized lithium solutions for various industries, such as energy, mobility, connectivity, and health comprising fire safety compounds; bromine-based specialty chemical products, including elemental bromine, alkyl bromides, inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and various bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications, including airbag initiators. This segment also provides organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies, including hydroprocessing catalysts together with isomerization and alkylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves the grid storage, automotive, aerospace, conventional energy, electronics, construction, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and medical device industries. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Research context
Albemarle Corp appears in PyInvesting’s US Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
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5 years, 6 months ago
Albemarle Corporation is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 13.6% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 48.1% cheaper than other stocks from the Basic Materials sector with a price to sales ratio of 5.1.
Albemarle Corporation's total revenue sank by 11.4% to $879M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 6.4% to $85M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 17.1% to $108M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Albemarle Corporation gets an overall score of 2/5.