Albemarle Corporation (ALB)

NYSE: ALB · USD

$96.9

-2.02 (-2.0%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-10-12

Our latest published analysis: ALB rated Hold

Albemarle Corporation's published Hold conclusion compares the analysis-date price with fair value and potential value. Read the full report for assumptions, evidence, and material risks.

Fair value

$108 / share

Potential value

$162 / share

Upside to FV

+9.8%

from $96.9

Moat

6.5/10

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9-phase methodology · same model in each published edition

Market cap	$11.6B
Revenue (ttm)	5.9B
Net income (ttm)	57.4M
EPS (ttm)	$0.49
Shares out	118M
P/E (trailing)	198.9x
P/E (forward)	11.4x
Dividend	$1.64 (1.69%)
Volume	1,717,459
Beta	1.36

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 5.9B
Net income (ttm): 57.4M
EPS (ttm): $0.49
P/E (trailing): 198.9x
P/E (forward): 11.4x
Market cap: $11.6B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Trend
Period	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$3.33B	$7.32B	$9.62B	$5.38B	$5.14B	+11.5%
Gross profit	$998.0M	$3.07B	$1.19B	$62.5M	$668.7M	-9.5%
Operating income	$798.4M	$2.47B	$251.9M	$-1.78B	$-367.1M	—
Net income	$123.7M	$2.69B	$1.57B	$-1.18B	$-510.6M	—
EPS (diluted)	$1.06	$22.84	$13.36	$-11.20	$-5.76	—
EBITDA	$544.9M	$3.63B	$2.65B	$-294.1M	$558.0M	+0.6%
R&D	$54.0M	$72.0M	$85.7M	$86.7M	$51.4M	-1.2%
SG&A	$441.5M	$524.1M	$910.0M	$618.0M	$550.0M	+5.7%

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Base and Bull scenarios

Base55%

Price target

$108.19

+9.8% from spot

In the Base scenario, Albemarle delivers on its operational recovery as global lithium supply and demand rebalance at normalized mid-cycle levels. Energy storage demand continues expanding across grid installations, while downstream electric vehicle manufacturing absorbs refined lithium compounds. The company's tier-one brine assets at Salar de Atacama and hard-rock operations at Greenbushes generate resilient operational cash flows, and unit conversion margins expand as spodumene inventory lag effects diminish. Specialties delivers steady revenue and margin performance, cushioning corporate profitability. Under these conditions, the shares reflect the house Fair value target of $108.19, representing 9.8% return from $98.51 with a 55.0% probability weighting.

Lithium benchmark prices stabilize at normalized mid-cycle levels
Operating margins recover gradually as spodumene inventory lag dissipates
Specialties division achieves guided revenue and margin improvements
Annual reinvestment rate disciplined in line with post-expansion capital planning

Bull20%

Price target

$162.13

+64.6% from spot

In the Bull scenario, aggressive expansion in utility-scale stationary storage installations combines with an accelerated rebound in electric vehicle adoption to tighten refined lithium markets ahead of schedule. Spot lithium carbonate pricing strengthens above mid-cycle assumptions, and customer contract realizations exceed expectations. Albemarle's low-capital brownfield expansion projects come online efficiently, driving volume expansion across qualified conversion assets in the United States and Asia. Concurrently, Specialties capitalizes on robust bromine pricing and cost productivity gains, lifting operating profitability toward specialty chemical peer benchmarks. Under this upside trajectory, the shares achieve Potential value of $162.13, yielding 64.6% return against $98.51 with a 20.0% probability weighting.

Surging grid-scale stationary storage demand accelerates global market deficit
Electric vehicle battery demand re-accelerates across major Western automotive markets
Disciplined brownfield debottlenecking maximizes high-margin volume conversion

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($108.19). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.

Ke ↓ / g →	2.0%	2.3%	2.5%	2.8%	3.0%
9.2%	$116	$118	$120	$122	$124
9.7%	$110	$112	$114	$115	$117
10.2%	$105	$107	$108	$110	$111
10.7%	$101	$102	$103	$105	$106
11.2%	$96.9	$97.9	$99.0	$100	$101

Scorecard

Published factor rows and weighted composite

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

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Forward P/E11.4

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E375.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE2.6

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC4.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000915913
Company name	Albemarle Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	012653101
Earnings date	2026-11-04
Earnings time	amc
Employees	7,800
Employees change	-500
Employees growth	-6.02%
Enterprise value	$11.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1994
In index	SP500
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
IPO date	1994-02-17
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US0126531013
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-11
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2007-03-02
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$11.4B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-04
Options	Yes
Price	$96.94
Price currency	USD
Sector	Materials
SIC code	2821
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	ALB
U.S. state	North Carolina
Website	https://www.albemarle.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	16.21x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	51.87x
Earnings yield	0.5%
EV/Earnings	205.14x
EV/EBIT	14.01x
EV/EBITDA	7.95x
EV/FCF	8.78x
EV/Sales	1.99x
FCF / EV yield	11.39%
FCF yield	11.76%
Forward EV/Sales	1.88x
Forward P/E	9.36x
Forward P/S	1.82x
Graham number	27.33858
Graham upside	-71.73%
Industry forward P/E	19.6x
Industry P/E	43.87x
Lynch fair value	$2.44
Lynch upside	-97.48%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	8.75x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	6.48x
P/B ratio	1.45x
P/E ratio	198.86x
P/FCF ratio	8.5x
P/OCF ratio	6.34x
P/S ratio	1.93x
Price / tangible book value	1.8x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.7x
Sector forward P/E	15.02x
Sector P/E	22.73x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	14.23%
EBITDA margin	25.09%
Effective tax rate	46.52%
FCF margin	22.72%
Gross margin	23.96%
Operating margin	14.23%
Pretax margin	8.81%
Profit margin	3.79%
Profit per employee	$7,362
Profitable quarters	2
Revenue per employee	$757,424
ROA	3.17%
ROA (5Y)	2.95%
ROCE	6%
ROE	2.65%
ROE (5Y)	9.35%
ROIC	4.1%
ROIC (5Y)	5.94%
SBC / revenue	0.64%
Tax / revenue	4.1%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth (QoQ)	50.58%
EPS growth 10Y	-9.75%
EPS growth 3Y	-75.52%
EPS growth 5Y	-40.11%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth (QoQ)	157.81%
FCF growth 3Y	11.67%
FCF growth 5Y	55.33%
Gross profit growth	247.23%
Gross profit growth (Q)	201.81%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-28.56%
Gross profit growth 5Y	6.51%
Net income growth (Q)	1,996.17%
Net income growth (QoQ)	57.99%
Net income growth 3Y	-75.53%
Net income growth 5Y	-39.41%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	136.6%
OCF growth (QoQ)	105.06%
OCF growth 10Y	14.12%
OCF growth 3Y	-12%
OCF growth 5Y	13.01%
Operating income growth (Q)	775.34%
Operating income growth 3Y	-36.42%
Operating income growth 5Y	9.4%
Revenue growth	18.32%
Revenue growth (Q)	31.08%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	22.02%
Revenue growth 10Y	7.98%
Revenue growth 3Y	-15.13%
Revenue growth 5Y	12.84%
Revenue growth quarters	3
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-458M
Depreciation and amortization	$641.8M
EBIT	$840.7M
EBITDA	$1.5B
EPS	$0.49
FCF per share	$11.38
Financing cash flow	$-2.1B
Free cash flow	$1.3B
Free cash flow minus SBC	$1.3B
Gross profit	$1.4B
Income taxes	$242.3M
Investing cash flow	$130.9M
Net borrowing	$-1.7B
Net cash flow	$-175.1M
Net income	$57.4M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$1.8B
Operating income	$840.7M
Revenue	$5.9B
Stock-based compensation	$37.9M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.92
Book value per share	$68.14
Debt / EBITDA	1.25
Debt / equity	0.19
Debt / FCF	1.49
Goodwill	$1.5B
Interest coverage	4.73
Long-term assets	$12B
Long-term liabilities	$3.5B
Net cash (debt)	$-367.3M
Net cash / market cap	-3.22%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.25
Net debt / equity	0.03
Net debt / FCF	0.27
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$8.6B
Shareholders' equity	$10.5B
Tangible book value	$6.4B
Tangible book value per share	$53.86
Total assets	$15.9B
Total cash	$1.6B
Total debt	$2B
Total liabilities	$5.4B
WACC	10.69%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.36
Current assets	$3.9B
Current liabilities	$1.9B
Current ratio	2.09
Inventory turnover	2.97
Net working capital	$522.5M
Quick ratio	1.25
Working capital	$2.1B
Working capital turnover	2.56

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-7.95%
Dividend growth	0.62%
Dividend growth (10Y)	2.94%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0.62%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0.88%
Dividend growth years	31
Dividend payment date	2027-01-04
Dividend payment years	33
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.64
Dividend yield	1.69%
Ex-dividend date	2026-12-18
FCF payout ratio	14.42%
Last dividend	$0.41
Payout ratio	336.42%
Shareholder yield	-6.25%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	18.15%
10Y return CAGR	3.04%
10Y total return	34.95%
150-day SMA	$143.74
15Y price change	75.43%
15Y return CAGR	5.33%
15Y total return	118.01%
1D price change	-2.04%
1M price change	-11.66%
1M total return	-11.66%
1W price change	2.62%
1W total return	2.62%
1Y price change	0.74%
1Y return CAGR	1.89%
1Y total return	1.89%
20-day SMA	$98.73
200-day SMA	$150.83
20Y price change	207.45%
20Y return CAGR	7.3%
20Y total return	309.34%
3M price change	-16.56%
3M total return	-16.28%
3Y price change	-27.89%
3Y return CAGR	-8.9%
3Y total return	-24.41%
50-day SMA	$113.53
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$221.00
52-week high date	2026-05-07
52-week low	$88.01
52-week low date	2025-11-04
5Y price change	-58.17%
5Y return CAGR	-14.97%
5Y total return	-55.53%
6M price change	-51.42%
6M total return	-51.13%
After-hours change	-0.26%
After-hours close	$96.94
After-hours price	$96.69
All-time high	$334.55
All-time high date	2022-11-11
All-time low	$6.13
All-time low date	1995-03-23
Average true range (ATR)	$3.73
Average volume	2.3M
Beta (1Y)	1.57
Beta (2Y)	1.65
Beta (5Y)	1.36
Change from 52-week high	-56.14%
Change from 52-week low	10.15%
Change from all-time high	-71.02%
Change from all-time low	1,482.69%
Change from open	0.04%
Day's gap	-2.08%
Dollar volume	$166.5M
High price	$97.79
Low price	$96.12
Monthly RSI	42.89
Open price	$96.90
Position in 52-week range	49.1%
Premarket change	-2%
Premarket close	$98.96
Premarket price	$96.98
Premarket volume	31.2K
Previous close	$98.96
Price vs 150-day SMA	-32.56%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-1.82%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-35.73%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-14.61%
Relative volume	0.75
RSI	39.82
Sharpe ratio	0.23
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.05
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.1
Sortino ratio	0.46
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.18
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.04
Volume	1.7M
Weekly RSI	35.19
YTD price change	-31.46%
YTD total return	-30.88%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	117.6M
Float percentage	99.66%
Shares change (QoQ)	14.84%
Shares change (YoY)	7.95%
Shares held by insiders	0.23%
Shares held by institutions	99.15%
Shares outstanding	118M
Short % of float	10%
Short % of shares	9.97%
Short ratio	4.5 days

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Deeper analysis on ALB

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Frequently asked questions

About this ALB report

What is the latest published ALB stock rating?

Albemarle Corporation is shown with Hold in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-12. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full ALB analysis?

The full latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-12, lives at /stocks/ALB/analysis. The bare ticker page summarizes that read and links to each analysis tab; earlier editions remain under /analysis/archive.

What fair value is used for ALB?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-10-12 gives ALB a fair value of USD 108 and a potential value of USD 162. These are dated research outputs, not live market prices; review the valuation assumptions, sensitivity analysis, and material risks before making a decision.

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HoldALB · Fair value $108+9.8%

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Albemarle Corporation (ALB)

Our latest published analysis: ALB rated Hold

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · ALB

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Base and Bull scenarios

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

Scorecard

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All ALB indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

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Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

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Other indicators

Deeper analysis on ALB

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评级历史

Category	Score	Reading
Valuation	6.0
Management	7.5
Balance Sheet	8.5
Profitability	3.5
Revenue Growth	9.0
Risk Assessment	8.0
Competitive Moat	6.5
Earnings Quality	3.0
Capital Efficiency	3.5