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Albemarle Corp

ALB

81.040USD

+5.060+6.66%
Close 09/15, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
9.54BMarket Cap
LossP/E TTM

Albemarle Corp

81.040

+5.060+6.66%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-12

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite a very weak market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
32 / 72
Overall Ranking
163 / 4724
Industry
Chemicals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 28 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
82.340
Target Price
+8.37%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Albemarle Corporation is engaged in transforming essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity, and health. The Company’s segments include Energy Storage, Specialties, and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment develops and manufactures a range of basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride. Its Specialties business optimizes its portfolio of bromine and highly specialized lithium solutions. Its Specialties business 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 Ketjen segment includes clean fuels technologies (CFT), fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives, and performance catalyst solutions (PCS). It serves various markets such as grid storage, automotive, aerospace, conventional energy, and others.
Turnaround to Loss
The company's performance has turned to a loss, with the latest annual loss of USD 1.32B.%!(EXTRA int=2)
Undervalued
The company’s latest PB is 1.12, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 117.93M shares, decreasing 7.36% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by The Vanguard
Star Investor The Vanguard holds 14.70M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-12

The company's current financial score is 7.54, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.99. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 1.08B, representing a year-over-year decrease of 20.86%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 96.28%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.54
Change
0

Financials

8.33

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

3.99

Operational Efficiency

7.76

Growth Potential

8.43

Shareholder Returns

9.19

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-12

The company’s current valuation score is 1.20, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 2.55. Its current P/E ratio is -9.40, which is -195.86% below the recent high of 9.01 and 39.58% above the recent low of -5.68.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.00
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 32/72
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-12

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.57, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.30. The average price target for Albemarle Corp is 79.00, with a high of 125.00 and a low of 58.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.64
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 28 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
82.340
Target Price
+8.37%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

24
Total
4
Median
7
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Albemarle Corp
ALB
28
Ecolab Inc
ECL
27
Eastman Chemical Co
EMN
19
Celanese Corp
CE
18
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA
SQM
15
Element Solutions Inc
ESI
11
1
2
3
4
5

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-12

The company’s current price momentum score is 9.10, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 8.17. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 95.45 and the support level at 72.43, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.17
Change
0.29

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(3)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-1.572
Neutral
RSI(14)
54.529
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
49.673
Buy
ATR(14)
4.333
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
4.473
Neutral
Williams %R
41.447
Buy
TRIX(12,20)
0.044
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(0)
Neutral(0)
Buy(6)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
75.594
Buy
MA10
78.043
Buy
MA20
80.140
Buy
MA50
76.629
Buy
MA100
68.213
Buy
MA200
75.270
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-12

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.92. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 100.21%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 1.07%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 14.70M shares, representing 12.49% of shares outstanding, with 0.96% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
14.62M
+0.55%
Capital World Investors
9.97M
-2.08%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
6.42M
-1.48%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
6.22M
-0.20%
Franklin Advisers, Inc.
3.52M
+180.18%
Capital Research Global Investors
4.15M
-35.97%
PRIMECAP Management Company
Star Investors
3.33M
-0.53%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
2.90M
+3.55%
ProShare Advisors LLC
1.93M
-2.92%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
Star Investors
2.33M
+32.36%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-12

The U.S. Dollar Index is currently in a neutral state, which has a neutral effect on the Chemicals export-driven industry. The Dollar Index (DXY) measures the value of the U.S. dollar against a basket of major currencies, including the euro, yen, pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc. The company’s current risk assessment score is 3.21, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 4.12. The company's beta value is 1.64. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.21
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.67
VaR
+5.18%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+54.39%
240-Day Volatility
+59.28%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+8.09%
120 days
+19.13%
5 years
+19.13%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-11.49%
120 days
-12.63%
5 years
-19.91%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+2.21
120 days
+0.47
5 years
+0.08
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+54.39%
3 years
+84.40%
5 years
+84.40%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.29
3 years
-0.28
5 years
-0.09
Skewness
240 days
+0.20
3 years
+0.02
5 years
-0.17
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+59.28%
5 years
+52.07%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+4.77%
5 years
+9.18%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+66.19%
240 days
+66.19%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+65.09%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+54.29%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+3.68%
120 days
+3.30%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+31.01%
60 days
+38.08%
120 days
+23.89%

Peer Comparison

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6.43 /10
Score
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Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
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Element Solutions Inc
ESI
7.47 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Perimeter Solutions Inc
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PRM
7.34 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
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7.19 /10
Score
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7.18 /10
Score
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7.17 /10
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