How to buy Albemarle (ALB) stocks

Albemarle is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. Albemarle shares (ALB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $56.67 , which is a decrease of 3.14% over the previous week. Albemarle employs 8,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5.4 billion.

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Albemarle stock price (NYSE: ALB)

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Albemarle stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2025-04-11.

Latest market close	$56.67
52-week range	$49.43 - $135.07
50-day moving average more info button	$74.49
200-day moving average more info button	$88.90
Wall St. target price	$98.72
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	$1.61 (2.77%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-11.20

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Is Albemarle stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Albemarle stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Albemarle's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Albemarle's PEG ratio

Albemarle's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9896. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Albemarle's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Albemarle financials

Revenue TTM	$5.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	1.77%
Gross profit TTM	$84.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.14%
Return on equity TTM	-11.43%
Profit margin	-21.93%
Book value	$65.72
Market Capitalization more info button	$6.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Albemarle stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 57.97% of net profits

Recently Albemarle has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Albemarle shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Albemarle's case, that would currently equate to about $1.61 per share.

Albemarle's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Albemarle's most recent dividend payout was on 31 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 13 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Albemarle's stocks ever split?

Albemarle's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 1 March 2007 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Albemarle stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Albemarle stocks, which in turn could have impacted Albemarle's stock price.

Albemarle stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Albemarle's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $49.4303 up to $135.0663. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Albemarle's is 1.595. This would suggest that Albemarle's stocks are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Albemarle overview

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, specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics, organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. 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 chemicals 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 that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies, including hydroprocessing catalysts together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Albemarle is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.378% of Albemarle stocks are held by insiders and 99.27% by institutions. How many people work for Albemarle?
Latest data suggests 8,300 work at Albemarle. When does the fiscal year end for Albemarle?
Albemarle's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Albemarle based?
Albemarle's address is: 4250 Congress Street, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28209 What is Albemarle's ISIN number?
Albemarle's international securities identification number is: US0126531013 What is Albemarle's CUSIP number?
Albemarle's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 012653101

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