Albemarle Corp. (ALB): Price and Financial Metrics
ALB Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $124.58 | 52-week high | $247.44 |
Prev. close | $122.14 | 52-week low | $106.69 |
Day low | $120.50 | Volume | 1,886,100 |
Day high | $125.74 | Avg. volume | 3,568,877 |
50-day MA | $121.98 | Dividend yield | 1.33% |
200-day MA | $161.79 | Market Cap | 14.63B |
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ALB POWR Grades
- ALB scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 58.92% of US stocks.
- The strongest trend for ALB is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
- ALB ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 3rd percentile.
ALB Stock Summary
- With a price/earnings ratio of 4.95, ALBEMARLE CORP P/E ratio is greater than that of about only 5.06% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
- Over the past twelve months, ALB has reported earnings growth of 84.61%, putting it ahead of 88.06% of US stocks in our set.
- Revenue growth over the past 12 months for ALBEMARLE CORP comes in at 76.68%, a number that bests 94.12% of the US stocks we're tracking.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to ALB, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are CSL, NVT, EPC, REZI, and TNC.
- Visit ALB's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.albemarle.com.
ALB Valuation Summary
- ALB's EV/EBIT ratio is 5; this is 62.69% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
- Over the past 243 months, ALB's price/earnings ratio has gone down 12.7.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for ALB.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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ALB | 2023-12-29 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
ALB | 2023-12-28 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
ALB | 2023-12-27 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
ALB | 2023-12-26 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
ALB | 2023-12-22 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
ALB | 2023-12-21 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
ALB Growth Metrics
- The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at 12.64%.
- Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -18.69%.
- Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -55.9%.
The table below shows ALB's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2022-12-31 | 7,320.104 | 1,907.849 | 2,689.816 |
2022-09-30 | 5,593.33 | 809.273 | 1,553.547 |
2022-06-30 | 4,332.091 | 18.715 | 263.551 |
2022-03-31 | 3,626.394 | 392.484 | 281.378 |
2021-12-31 | 3,327.957 | 344.257 | 123.672 |
2021-09-30 | 3,312.9 | 827.786 | 212.131 |
ALB's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- ALB has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 62.3% of graded US stocks.
- ALB's asset turnover comes in at 0.313 -- ranking 74th of 89 Chemicals stocks.
- TSE, HXL, and NEU are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ALB.
The table below shows ALB's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-09-30 | 0.313 | 0.310 | 0.032 |
2021-06-30 | 0.309 | 0.319 | 0.102 |
2021-03-31 | 0.313 | 0.316 | 0.056 |
2020-12-31 | 0.308 | 0.318 | 0.053 |
2020-09-30 | 0.323 | 0.329 | 0.055 |
2020-06-30 | 0.355 | 0.333 | 0.065 |
ALB Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of ALB, see our ALB price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $229.81 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.73 (Moderate Buy) |
Albemarle Corp. (ALB) Company Bio
Albemarle Corporation is a specialty chemicals manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. It operates 3 divisions: lithium (36.6% of 2020 revenues), bromine specialties (30.8% of 2020 revenues) and catalysts (25.5% of 2020 revenues). (Source:Wikipedia)
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ALB Price Returns
1-mo | 1.95% |
3-mo | -12.32% |
6-mo | -25.81% |
1-year | -40.98% |
3-year | -15.78% |
5-year | 54.59% |
YTD | -13.50% |
2023 | -32.80% |
2022 | -6.63% |
2021 | 59.76% |
2020 | 105.39% |
2019 | -3.28% |
ALB Dividends
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