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 $88.65 – a decrease of 10.8% over the previous week. Albemarle employs 9,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $6.5 billion.

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Albemarle stock price (NYSE: ALB)

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Albemarle stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$88.65
52-week range	$71.36 - $151.19
50-day moving average more info button	$101.75
200-day moving average more info button	$104.75
Wall St. target price	$117.72
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	$1.605 (1.79%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-16.76

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Albemarle price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $88.65 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-16)	-10.94%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-18.20%
3 months (2024-09-23)	-0.07%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-6.35%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-40.94%
2 years (2022-12-23)	-59.99%
3 years (2021-12-23)	221.0378
5 years (2019-12-23)	29.37%

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 8.0854. 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	$6.5 billion
Gross profit TTM	$3.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	-5.18%
Return on equity TTM	-17.66%
Profit margin	-28.8%
Book value	$68.11
Market Capitalization more info button	$10.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Albemarle's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Albemarle.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Albemarle's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 41.74

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Albemarle's overall score of 41.74 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 84th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Albemarle is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Albemarle's environmental score

Environmental score: 21.59/100

Albemarle's environmental score of 21.59 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Albemarle is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Albemarle's social score

Social score: 15.41/100

Albemarle's social score of 15.41 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Albemarle is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Albemarle's governance score

Governance score: 13.74/100

Albemarle's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Albemarle is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Albemarle's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Albemarle scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Albemarle has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Albemarle Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	41.74
Total ESG percentile	84.08
Environmental score	21.59
Environmental score percentile	7
Social score	15.41
Social score percentile	7
Governance score	13.74
Governance score percentile	7
Level of controversy	1

Albemarle stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 2.68% of net profits

Recently Albemarle has paid out, on average, around 0% 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 $1.605 per share.

While Albemarle's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Albemarle is investing more in its future growth.

Albemarle's most recent dividend payout was on 1 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 12 December 2024 (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 $71.3598 up to $151.1931. 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 1.551. 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 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Albemarle is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.342% of Albemarle stocks are held by insiders and 96.627% by institutions. How many people work for Albemarle?
Latest data suggests 9,000 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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