Albemarle Corporation
Hot onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normBacked by solid revenue growthPrice and volume picking up$160.35-3.7%YTD+15.9%1Y+179.0%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ALB, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Chemicals - Specialty sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ALB.
Chemicals - Specialty
Two disconnected structural drivers define this group — lithium price recovery as EV battery demand growth slowly rebalances Atacama and Australian oversupply, and electro-optic polymer demand from AI data centers requiring ultra-high-speed optical interconnects beyond silicon modulator capability. The two stories don't intersect but both are real catalysts.
What this means for $ALB
Direct beneficiary — world's leading lithium chemical supplier to EV battery manufacturers; lithium price normalization after the 2023–24 supply glut restores margins as EV penetration compounds annual demand growth.
Industry benchmark
4-name peer basket
+94.5%YTD
+259.8%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-78.7How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
2.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
5.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
3.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
3.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
-2.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
18.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$2.95$1.19+147.9%
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$-0.53$-0.42-26.8%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$-0.19$-0.86+77.9%
Q2 2025Jul 30, 2025$0.11$-0.83+113.3%
Next earningsWed, Jul 29·consensus EPS $3.08
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.4B+32.7%35.1%16.3%$2.35$247.6M
Q4 FY25$1.4B+15.9%14.2%3.4%$-3.87$233.1M
Q3 FY25$1.3B-3.5%9.0%-2.3%$-1.72$223.4M
Q2 FY25$1.3B-7.0%14.8%4.0%$-0.16$-126.8M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$6.3B$5.8B – $7.3B$12.19$8.71 – $16.0415
FY27$6.7B$6.1B – $8.0B$12.18$7.46 – $17.5114
FY28$6.9B$6.7B – $7.0B$12.03$7.46 – $20.8212
FY29$7.0B$6.2B – $8.4B$11.56$9.82 – $14.7011
FY30$7.9B$7.0B – $9.6B$16.10$13.67 – $20.476
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.67%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-8.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+14.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMid float · 117.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.1% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.315-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KOfficer or director changeJun 58-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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8-KOfficer or director changeMay 88-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
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8-KOfficer or director changeApr 178-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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8-KMaterial agreementMar 258-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
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8-KAcquisition completedMar 68-K — Item 2.01: Acquisition completed · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD · Item 8.01: Other event
8-KOfficer or director changeMar 48-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 17 other (5 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Ks · 2 proxys) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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