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albemarle corp. - ALB

ALB

Close Chg Chg %
72.18 -0.15 -0.21%

Closed Market

72.03

-0.15 (0.21%)

Volume: 1.90M

Last Updated:

Mar 31, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: albemarle corp. - ALB

ALB Key Data

Open

$70.13

 Day Range

69.90 - 72.80

52 Week Range

67.24 - 137.50

 Market Cap

$8.49B

Shares Outstanding

117.57M

 Public Float

116.91M

Beta

1.70

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

N/A

 EPS

-$11.20

Yield

223.02%

 Dividend

$0.41

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 14, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.66M

  

ALB Performance

1 Week
 
 -6.92%
 
1 Month
 
 -6.28%
 
3 Months
 
 -16.14%
 
1 Year
 
 -45.20%
 
5 Years
 
 36.98%
 

ALB Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 31
Full Ratings ➔

About albemarle corp. - ALB

Albemarle Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of chemicals for consumer electronics, petroleum refining, utilities, packaging, construction, transportation, pharmaceuticals, crop production, food-safety, and custom chemistry services. It operates through the following segments: Energy Storage, Specialties, Ketjen, and All Other. The Energy Storage segment develops and manufactures a broad range of basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride. The Specialties segment focuses on optimizing a portfolio of bromine and specialized lithium solutions. The Ketjen segment consists of clean fuels technologies, fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives, and performance catalyst solutions, which is primarily composed of organometallics and curatives. The All Other segment refers only to the FCS business that did not fit into any of the company’s core businesses. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

ALB At a Glance

Albemarle Corp.
4250 Congress Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28209
Phone 1-980-299-5700 Revenue 5.38B
Industry Chemicals: Specialty Net Income -1,179,449,000.00
Sector Process Industries Employees 8,300
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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ALB Valuation

P/E Current N/A
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) N/A
Price to Sales Ratio 1.881
Price to Book Ratio 1.31
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.409
Enterprise Value to EBITDA -378.322
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.798
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.242

ALB Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 647,894.699
Income Per Employee -142,102.289
Receivables Turnover 5.047
Total Asset Turnover 0.308

ALB Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.954
Quick Ratio 1.19
Cash Ratio 0.606

ALB Profitability

Gross Margin 1.12
Operating Margin -11.729
Pretax Margin -32.80
Net Margin -21.933
Return on Assets -6.763
Return on Equity -12.176
Return on Total Capital -8.666
Return on Invested Capital -8.988

ALB Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 36.624
Total Debt to Total Capital 26.806
Total Debt to Total Assets 21.965
Long-Term Debt to Equity 41.645
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 23.642
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Annual Financials for Albemarle Corp. - ALB

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
3.33B 7.32B 9.62B 5.38B
Sales Growth
+6.36% +119.96% +31.38% -44.08%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.32B 4.23B 8.42B 5.32B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
254.00M 300.84M 429.94M 590.94M
Depreciation
228.67M 276.13M 401.92M 567.90M
Amortization of Intangibles
25.33M 24.71M 28.03M 23.04M
COGS Growth
+8.72% +82.56% +98.75% -36.82%
Gross Income
1.01B 3.09B 1.20B 60.24M
Gross Income Growth
+1.30% +205.97% -61.08% -94.98%
Gross Profit Margin
+30.30% +42.15% +12.49% +1.12%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
475.81M 584.13M 959.89M 690.95M
Research & Development
54.03M 71.98M 85.72M 86.72M
Other SG&A
421.79M 512.14M 874.16M 604.23M
SGA Growth
+1.27% +22.76% +64.33% -28.02%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
54.08M 87.61M (171.35M) 1.19B
EBIT after Unusual Expense
478.58M 2.41B 412.47M (1.82B)
Non Operating Income/Expense
(309.81M) 130.74M (49.66M) 217.73M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
35.14M 111.15M 116.07M 165.62M
Interest Expense Growth
-51.93% +216.28% +4.43% +42.69%
Gross Interest Expense
85.14M 142.25M 188.77M 214.62M
Interest Capitalized
50.00M 31.10M 72.70M 49.00M
Pretax Income
133.62M 2.43B 246.74M (1.76B)
Pretax Income Growth
-64.23% +1,721.19% -89.86% -814.86%
Pretax Margin
+4.02% +33.24% +2.57% -32.80%
Income Tax
29.45M 390.59M 430.28M 87.08M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
12.42M 38.20M (57.65M) 212.09M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
55.53M 259.05M 387.05M 105.40M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(43.96M) 80.54M (12.70M) (170.94M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
5.46M 12.80M 113.58M (59.47M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
199.94M 2.82B 1.67B (1.14B)
Minority Interest Expense
76.27M 125.31M 97.07M 43.97M
Net Income
123.67M 2.69B 1.57B (1.18B)
Net Income Growth
-67.09% +2,074.96% -41.50% -174.96%
Net Margin Growth
+3.72% +36.75% +16.36% -21.93%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
123.67M 2.69B 1.57B (1.18B)
Preferred Dividends
- - - 136.65M
-
Net Income Available to Common
123.67M 2.69B 1.57B (1.32B)
EPS (Basic)
1.0676 22.9663 13.4122 -11.1993
EPS (Basic) Growth
-69.77% +2,051.21% -41.60% -183.50%
Basic Shares Outstanding
115.84M 117.12M 117.32M 117.52M
EPS (Diluted)
1.0612 22.8351 13.361 -11.1993
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-69.84% +2,051.82% -41.49% -183.82%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
116.54M 117.79M 117.77M 117.52M
EBITDA
786.66M 2.80B 671.07M (39.77M)
EBITDA Growth
+3.82% +256.23% -76.05% -105.93%
EBITDA Margin
+23.64% +38.28% +6.98% -0.74%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 95.851
Number of Ratings 31 Current Quarters Estimate -0.269
FY Report Date 06 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate -0.956
Last Quarter’s Earnings -0.615 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings -2.34 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 2.079
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 20 20 25 23
Mean Estimate -0.27 -0.04 -0.96 2.08
High Estimates 1.00 1.13 2.92 7.31
Low Estimate -1.37 -0.83 -3.25 -1.90
Coefficient of Variance -175.03 -1,102.87 -153.21 107.88

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 11 11 10
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 1
HOLD 17 17 13
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 2 2 2
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Albemarle Corp. - ALB

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 3, 2025 Melissa H. Anderson Chief People Officer 12,352 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $78.97 per share 975,437.44
Mar 3, 2025 Eric W. Norris Chief Commercial Officer 44,097 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $77.53 per share 3,418,840.41
Mar 3, 2025 Netha N. Johnson Chief Operations Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Netha N. Johnson Chief Operations Officer 42,114 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $78.97 per share 3,325,742.58
Mar 3, 2025 Netha N. Johnson Chief Operations Officer 43,133 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Netha N. Johnson Chief Operations Officer 39,615 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $77.53 per share 3,071,350.95
Mar 3, 2025 Eric W. Norris Chief Commercial Officer 47,615 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Jerry Kent Masters Chairman & CEO; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Jerry Kent Masters Chairman & CEO; Director 114,654 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $78.97 per share 9,054,226.38
Mar 3, 2025 Jerry Kent Masters Chairman & CEO; Director 122,096 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Melissa H. Anderson Chief People Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Donald J. LaBauve VP, Corporate Controller & CAO 4,925 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $77.53 per share 381,835.25
Mar 3, 2025 Melissa H. Anderson Chief People Officer 13,182 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Melissa H. Anderson Chief People Officer 10,316 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $77.53 per share 799,799.48
Mar 3, 2025 Donald J. LaBauve VP, Corporate Controller & CAO 5,447 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Eric W. Norris Chief Commercial Officer 46,596 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $78.97 per share 3,679,686.12
Mar 3, 2025 Donald J. LaBauve VP, Corporate Controller & CAO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Mark Mummert Chief Supply Chain Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Eric W. Norris Chief Commercial Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Donald J. LaBauve VP, Corporate Controller & CAO 5,294 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $78.97 per share 418,067.18

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