Albemarle Corp. (ALB): Price and Financial Metrics
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ALB POWR Grades
- ALB scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 93.99% of US stocks.
- ALB's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 178 days.
- ALB's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 6.7% of US stocks).
ALB Stock Summary
- ALB has a market capitalization of $24,434,606,225 -- more than approximately 91.44% of US stocks.
- Over the past twelve months, ALB has reported earnings growth of 1,392.76%, putting it ahead of 98.68% of US stocks in our set.
- As for revenue growth, note that ALB's revenue has grown 119.96% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of 94.22% of US companies in our set.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to ALBEMARLE CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be ASH, NGVT, PNR, FTI, and MSA.
- ALB's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit ALBEMARLE CORP's official web site, go to www.albemarle.com.
ALB Valuation Summary
- ALB's price/earnings ratio is 9.4; this is 24.19% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
- Over the past 243 months, ALB's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.4.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for ALB.
| Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB | 2023-03-16 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 9.4 | 8.4 |
| ALB | 2023-03-15 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 9.3 | 8.4 |
| ALB | 2023-03-14 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| ALB | 2023-03-13 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 8.7 |
| ALB | 2023-03-10 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| ALB | 2023-03-09 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 10.3 | 9.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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ALB Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $213.20 | 52-week high | $334.55 |
| Prev. close | $208.49 | 52-week low | $185.15 |
| Day low | $204.66 | Volume | 1,795,240 |
| Day high | $215.40 | Avg. volume | 1,694,706 |
| 50-day MA | $252.85 | Dividend yield | 0.75% |
| 200-day MA | $254.67 | Market Cap | 24.99B |
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 | -17.21% |
| 3-mo | -8.52% |
| 6-mo | -24.94% |
| 1-year | 8.23% |
| 3-year | 310.09% |
| 5-year | 133.26% |
| YTD | -1.50% |
| 2022 | -6.63% |
| 2021 | 59.76% |
| 2020 | 105.39% |
| 2019 | -3.28% |
| 2018 | -38.89% |
ALB Dividends
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