Albemarle Corporation

ALB · NYSE · Stock · Basic Materials
$97.98
+0.34% today
Delayed price,

What Albemarle does

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; and 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 chemical 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, including 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 for 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 alkylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves the 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.

Key facts

Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Market cap
$11.56B
P/E (ttm)
362.9
Forward P/E
8.7
Dividend yield
1.68%
Beta
1.36
Profit margin
3.8%
Employees
7,800
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
-11.7%
3 Months
-18.9%
6 Months
-50.5%
1 Year
+5.7%
5 Years
-63.2%
$88.0152-week range$221.00
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-52.0%
4 May 2026 → 12 Oct 2026
Fell from $203.52 to $97.65 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+119.5%
13 Oct 2025 → 4 May 2026
Ran from $92.74 to $203.52 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

▼ Trend: Downtrend
Price is below its 20-, 50- and 200-day averages, each stacked below the next — a classic technical downtrend structure.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$84.84 (-13.4%)$97.98$113.16 (+15.5%)
3 Months$76.35 (-22.1%)$97.98$125.75 (+28.3%)
6 Months$68.85 (-29.7%)$97.98$139.44 (+42.3%)
12 Months$59.49 (-39.3%)$97.98$161.38 (+64.7%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 49.9%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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