Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) stock closed at 166.03 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a -1.37% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 998.08K shares and market capitalization of 19.38B. Is a component of S&P 500, Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NYSE exchange. The company belongs in the Chemicals industry, Basic Materials sector and employs 5900 people. Albemarle Corporation CEO is J. Kent Masters.

The one-year performance of Albemarle Corporation stock is 117.22%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 12.55%. ALB stock has a five-year performance of 108.38%. Its 52-week range is between 72.39 and 188.35, which gives ALB stock a 52-week price range ratio of 80.75%

Albemarle Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 50.80, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 3.46, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 6.10, a price to cashflow ratio of 23.00, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 3.51%, a ROC of 6.06% and a ROE of 7.38%. The company’s profit margin is 13.66%, its EBITDA margin is 22.40%, and its revenue ttm is $3.22 Billion , which makes it $27.58 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Albemarle Corporation, there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.83 for the next earnings report. Albemarle Corporation’s next earnings report date is 04th Aug 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Albemarle Corporation is Hold (2.87), with a target price of $153.41, which is -7.60% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Albemarle Corporation stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Albemarle Corporation has a dividend yield of 0.93% with a dividend per share of $1.56 and a payout ratio of 43.00%.

Albemarle Corporation has a Neutral technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 12.36, ATR14 : 5.57, CCI20 : -1.77, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.16, MACD : 2.50, Money Flow Index : 52.38, ROC : -1.50, RSI : 49.99, STOCH (14,3) : 41.07, STOCH RSI : 0.00, UO : 51.29, Williams %R : -58.93), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Albemarle Corporation in the last 12-months were: Eric W Norris (Option Excercise at a value of $0), John Clarence Barichivich (Option Excercise at a value of $0), John Clarence Barichivich (Sold 1 340 shares of value $224 920 ), Karen G. Narwold (Option Excercise at a value of $391 658), Karen G. Narwold (Sold 8 259 shares of value $1 363 248 ), Luther C. Kissam (Option Excercise at a value of $14 479 786), Luther C. Kissam (Sold 538 671 shares of value $56 268 627 ), Netha N. Johnson (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Raphael Goszcz Crawford (Option Excercise at a value of $1 427 724), Raphael Goszcz Crawford (Sold 20 876 shares of value $2 732 417 ), Scott Tozier (Option Excercise at a value of $1 174 975), Scott Tozier (Sold 35 737 shares of value $4 013 835 )