ALB
Albemarle Corporation
Materials · Specialty Chemicals · US
$181.31
Close 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 86%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$21.4B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E
16.55
Rev Growth
+32.7%
Profit Margin
-4.2%
ROE
-1.8%
Analyst Target
$211.38
Recommendation
BUY
About Albemarle Corporation

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. 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. This segment also provides 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 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.

Opportunity Summary
Trading at $181 against a fair value of $329, a 45% discount. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 91% of screened stocks.
Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt Ratio (0.20%)PASS
Cash Ratio (0.00%)PASS
Receivables Ratio (0.14%)PASS
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 88.8
Score Valuation: 77.5
Score Quality: 33.8
Score Combined: 52.9
Fair Value Est: $328.61 · Margin of Safety: +44.8% · Tier: OPPORTUNITY

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation85.0
Quality25.0
Cash Flow37.5
Moat25.0
Balance Sheet100.0
Debt Purity39.0
Liquid Purity98.8
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance74.5
Tier: GOLD · Score: 70.6 · Rank: #271
Earnings History (Last 8 Quarters)
DateEPS Est.Reported EPSSurprise %
2026-07-292.99Pending--
2026-05-061.312.95+124.6%
2026-02-11-0.49-0.53-8.6%
2025-11-05-0.88-0.19+78.3%
2025-07-30-0.810.11+113.5%
2025-04-30-0.68-0.18+73.5%
2025-02-12-0.67-1.09-63.0%
2024-11-06-4.94-9.45-91.3%
Quarterly Financials
PeriodRevenueNet IncomeEBITDAGross ProfitOp. IncomeEPS
2026-03-31$1.4B$319.1M$445.1M$501.0M$354.4M2.35
2025-12-31$1.4B-$414.2M-$63.5M$197.9M$30.3M-3.87
2025-09-30$1.3B-$160.7M-$23.7M$117.6M-$33.6M-1.72
2025-06-30$1.3B$22.9M$209.7M$196.9M$52.0M-0.16
2025-03-31$1.1B$41.3M$191.8M$156.3M$18.7M
Insider Transactions
DateNameRoleSharesValue
2026-05-15MASTERS JERRY KENT JR.Chief Executive Officer16,393$3.0M
2026-04-01WOLFF ALEJANDRO DANIELDirector25--
2026-03-12MASTERS JERRY KENT JR.Chief Executive Officer30,716$5.0M
2026-03-10MASTERS JERRY KENT JR.Chief Executive Officer11,783$2.0M
2026-03-02LABAUVE DONALD J JROfficer698--
2026-03-02NORRIS ERIC S.Officer4,490--
2026-03-02SHEOREY NEAL RAVIChief Financial Officer4,490--
2026-03-02LIMA CYNTHIA RENEEOfficer1,796--
2026-03-02MUMMERT MARK RICHARDOfficer3,143--
2026-03-02MASTERS JERRY KENT JR.Chief Executive Officer22,450--
Top Institutional Holders
HolderSharesValue% Held
Capital World Investors9.8M$1.7B0.1%
Blackrock Inc.8.7M$1.5B0.1%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC7.7M$1.3B0.1%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.3M$1.1B0.1%
State Street Corporation5.2M$896.4M0.0%
Geode Capital Management, LLC3.4M$589.2M0.0%
Bank of America Corporation3.0M$510.7M0.0%
Primecap Management Company2.7M$457.2M0.0%
Two Sigma Investments, LP2.3M$398.2M0.0%
Morgan Stanley2.2M$385.7M0.0%
Analyst Recommendations
3 Months Ago
2
9
13
24 analysts
2 Months Ago
2
11
11
24 analysts
Last Month
2
11
12
25 analysts
Current
2
9
13
24 analysts
Strong Buy Buy Hold Sell Strong Sell
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$23.6B
Price/Book
2.66
Beta
1.365
Analysts
22
Total Revenue (TTM)
$5.5B
Total Debt
$2.0B
Dividend Yield
0.8%
Rec. Mean
2.17
Short Ratio
0.03
Short % Float
0.0%
Employees
7,800

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 52.9 (P80 — top 20.4% of scored tickers). Weak Moat. Ethical PASS. 22 analysts at Buy.
Price: $181.31 | Target: $212.06 (+17%) | Fair Value: $328.61 (+81%)
Score
53
Moat
WEAK
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+17%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+32.7%
Profit Margin-4.2%
ROE-1.8%
Forward P/E16.6
Market Cap$21.4B
Earnings Track Record
DateEstimateReportedSurprise
2026-07-29$2.99Pending
2026-05-06$1.31$2.95+124.6%
2026-02-11$-0.49$-0.53-8.6%
2025-11-05$-0.88$-0.19+78.3%
2025-07-30$-0.81$0.11+113.5%
2025-04-30$-0.68$-0.18+73.5%
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $154.11 (-15%) | Entry: $181.31
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($212.06, 22 analysts)
10$1,813.10+$307.50 (17%)1.1R
50$9,065.50+$1,537.50 (17%)1.1R
100$18,131.00+$3,075.00 (17%)1.1R
To Fair Value ($328.61)
10$1,813.10+$1,473.00 (81%)5.4R
50$9,065.50+$7,365.00 (81%)5.4R
100$18,131.00+$14,730.00 (81%)5.4R
Risk Factors
  • No elevated risk flags in current data
The Verdict
Albemarle Corporation passes all ethical screens, holds a weak competitive moat, is growing revenue at +32.7%, and trades at a 44.8% discount to fair value.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

B
Quant Score
58.7
Risk Grade
Layers
8
Risk Profile

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VaR 95%
-6.5%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-8.7%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
0.43
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-59.5%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

Based on 10,000 simulated price paths, here is the probability of where this ticker could be in 30, 60, and 90 days.

30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
90
Liquidity Grade
HIGHLY LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Kalman Trend
Trend Strength
Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
ABOVE_200
Bollinger Position
LOWER_HALF
Beta
Relative Volume
0.7x
Short Interest
Financial Health

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Altman Z-Score
below 1.81 = distress zone
Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
50.0%
Earnings Consistency
Correlations

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Seasonality

Does this ticker have consistent patterns on certain days or months? Historical tendencies, not guarantees.

Best Day
Wednesday
Worst Day
Tuesday
Best Month
Nov
Worst Month
May
Fri-Mon Effect
-0.7411168884363393
Earnings Drift

After this company beats earnings, does the price keep going up? Drift tracks post-earnings momentum.

Avg Drift After Beat
+18.3%
Beat Drift Positive %
66.7%
Consistency
Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
-7.2%
3M Return
-6.3%
6M Return
+50.9%
12M Return
+206.8%
Momentum Rank
#633
Momentum Signal
STRONG_UP

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