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Albemarle Corporation (ALB)

112.96 -2.31 (-2.00%)
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  • Previous Close 115.27
  • Open 113.53
  • Bid 112.53 x 900
  • Ask 112.67 x 800
  • Day's Range 111.05 - 114.50
  • 52 Week Range 106.69 - 247.44
  • Volume 719,745
  • Avg. Volume 3,427,951
  • Market Cap (intraday) 13.276B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.65
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 8.46
  • EPS (TTM) 13.36
  • Earnings Date May 1, 2024
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 1.60 (1.39%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Mar 14, 2024
  • 1y Target Est 149.34

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.

www.albemarle.com

9,000

Full Time Employees

December 31

Fiscal Year Ends

Recent News: ALB

Performance Overview: ALB

Trailing total returns as of 4/25/2024, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is

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YTD Return

ALB
21.56%
S&P 500
5.40%

1-Year Return

ALB
37.98%
S&P 500
21.52%

3-Year Return

ALB
28.24%
S&P 500
20.27%

5-Year Return

ALB
56.07%
S&P 500
71.75%

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Statistics: ALB

Valuation Measures

Annual
As of 4/24/2024
  • Market Cap

    13.55B

  • Enterprise Value

    16.94B

  • Trailing P/E

    8.63

  • Forward P/E

    34.48

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

    1.42

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

    1.41

  • Price/Book (mrq)

    1.44

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

    1.76

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

    21.37

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    16.36%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    1.73%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    18.71%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    9.62B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    1.57B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    13.36

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    889.9M

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    44.60%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    -1.9B

Research Analysis: ALB

Analyst Price Targets

81.00 Low
149.34 Average
112.96 Current
216.00 High
 

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
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Earnings

Consensus EPS
 

Company Insights: ALB

Fair Value

112.96 Current
 

Dividend Score

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ALB
Sector Avg.
100 High
 

Hiring Score

0 Low
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Sector Avg.
100 High
 

Insider Sentiment Score

0 Low
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Sector Avg.
100 High
 

Research Reports: ALB

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  • Analyst Report: Albemarle Corp.

    Albemarle is a global manufacturer of highly engineered specialty chemicals for a wide range of markets. The company became a top manufacturer of lithium (used in a number of industries but particularly for batteries in electric cars) through its January 2015 acquisition of Rockwood Holdings. Its other leading products are bromine, which is used in fire safety solutions, and catalysts used in oil refining.

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