Albemarle Corp. (ALB) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Albemarle Corp. (ALB) closed at $109.73 on 25 September 2026, up 1.4%. That leaves it down 1.1% over a week, down 18.4% over a month and up 34.5% over a year. That is 21% of the way up its 52 week range of $79.30 to $221.00. The median analyst price target of $190 sits 73.2% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
ALB trades below both its 50 day average of $124.07 and its 200 day average of $156.01, the shape of a downtrend. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 1.53, a stock that moves a lot more than the market. It is 50.3% below its 52 week high and 38.4% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 11 firms recorded 14 actions on ALB: 14 kept a view. Price targets: 12 lowered. The most recent targets from 17 firms run from $140 to $250, with a median of $190, 73.2% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2026 | JP Morgan | Maintains Neutral | $160.00 to $140.00 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Equal-Weight | $189.00 to $161.00 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | RBC Capital | Maintains Outperform | $166.00 to $157.00 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Scotiabank | Maintains Sector Outperform | $200.00 to $190.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | BMO Capital | Maintains Outperform | $250.00 to $200.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | B of A Securities | Reiterates Buy | $155.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 4 November 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $2.56. The last report, on 5 August 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $3.75 against $3.10 expected, a beat of 21.0%, on revenue of $1.7 billion. Albemarle Corp. beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Albemarle Corp. shows revenue growth of 18.32%, a gross margin of 23.81%, an operating margin of 4.27% and a return on equity of 2.19%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 18.3% | 74th |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 28th |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 51st |
| Free cash flow margin | 22.7% | 85th |
| Return on equity | 2.2% | 48th |
| Return on assets | 1.4% | 61st |
| Debt to equity | 0.19 | 48th |
| Current ratio | 2.09 | 70th |
| Effective tax rate | 141.1% | 99th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Albemarle Corp.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Headquarters
- CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
- Chief executive
- Jerry K. Masters
- Employees
- 7,400
- Website
- albemarle.com
Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals. It operates through three segments: Lithium, Bromine, and Catalysts. The Lithium segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and lithium specialties. The Bromine segment offers bromine and bomine-based fire safety solutions; specialty chemicals for use in chemical synthesis, oil and gas well drilling and completion fluids, mercury control, water purification, beef and poultry processing.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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