Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Albemarle Corporation ALB
$104.59 -0.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $12.33B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 11.9% from -4.5% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 15.8% in a year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 41%
- Gross marginBottom 48%
- Operating marginTop 38%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
- Interest coverBottom 49%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 13%
- 6-month returnBottom 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 31%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 11%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.9% | 18.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 7.7% | 23.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -4.5% | 11.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -3.9% | 22.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.3% | 7.9% | ↑ | Top 22% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 7.7% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | -4.5% | ↑ | Top 38% |
| Net margin | 3.8% | -18.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 22.7% | -3.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | — | Bottom 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -11.1% | — | Bottom 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -35.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.29×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.55%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.13%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.42%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +15.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +5.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +54.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $194.56
- Target vs current price
- +86.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 45
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 44%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +17.2% | -1.6% | +7.1% | +12.2% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +147.9% | -1.1% | +5.5% | -13.6% | -39.6% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -26.8% | +4.1% | +1.6% | -0.3% | +17.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +77.9% | +4.0% | +17.4% | +43.0% | +86.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +113.3% | -3.8% | -4.7% | +13.9% | +27.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +71.0% | -1.5% | -3.3% | -2.4% | +40.8% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -81.7% | +1.2% | +10.5% | -3.8% | -24.1% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -253.2% | -3.2% | +3.0% | +2.8% | -17.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $3.75 | $3.20 | +17.2% | $1.74B |
| May 6, 2026 | $2.95 | $1.19 | +147.9% | $1.43B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -$0.53 | -$0.42 | -26.8% | $1.43B |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.19 | -$0.86 | +77.9% | $1.31B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.11 | -$0.83 | +113.3% | $1.33B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.62 | +71.0% | $1.08B |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -$1.09 | -$0.60 | -81.7% | $1.23B |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$1.55 | -$0.44 | -253.2% | $1.35B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 9.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.3× | — | — | Top 27% |
| EV / Sales | 2.15× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.88% | — | — | Top 9% |
| Earnings yield | -0.03% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.4× – 179.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -14.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -32.7%
- RSI (14)
- 32.9
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 15th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -51.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -70.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | -84.4% | 601 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Mar 7, 2022 | -39.4% | 71 days | 111 days (Aug 15, 2022) |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -24.1% | 33 days | 87 days (Jul 12, 2021) |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | -22.7% | 22 days | 19 days (Nov 10, 2022) |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | -13.1% | 5 days | 5 days (Sep 9, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $12.33B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.91B
- Dividend yield
- 1.55%
- 52-week range
- $84.72 – $221.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.33B | $7.32B | $9.62B | $5.38B | $5.14B |
| Gross profit | $1.01B | $3.09B | $1.20B | $60.2M | $671.6M |
| Operating income | $532.7M | $2.50B | $241.1M | -$636.0M | $93.8M |
| Net income | $123.7M | $2.69B | $1.57B | -$1.18B | -$510.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.06 | $22.84 | $13.36 | -$11.20 | -$5.75 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.35B | $1.23B | $1.08B | $1.33B | $1.31B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.74B |
| Net income | -$1.07B | $75.3M | $41.3M | $22.9M | -$160.7M | -$414.2M | $319.1M | $480.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$9.45 | $0.29 | -$0.00 | -$0.16 | -$1.72 | -$3.87 | $2.34 | $3.22 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $344.3M | $1.91B | $1.33B | $687.9M | $1.28B |
| Capital expenditure | -$953.7M | -$1.26B | -$2.15B | -$1.68B | -$589.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$609.4M | $646.2M | -$828.0M | -$992.7M | $692.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$177.9M | -$184.4M | -$187.2M | -$188.5M | -$190.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $1.45B | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.63B
- Total assets
- $15.91B
- Total liabilities
- $5.41B
- Total debt
- $1.99B
- Net debt
- $354.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $10.28B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $0.41 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | $0.41 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.41 | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $0.41 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | $0.41 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.41 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.41 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.41 | Jan 2, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,113,554
- Days to cover
- 4.20
- Change vs previous report
- +15.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 2, 2007
- 2-for-1