Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) stock closed at 219.62 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.37% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 1.59M shares and market capitalization of 25.87B. 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 -9.17%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 1.27%. ALB stock has a five-year performance of 130.28%. Its 52-week range is between 171.82 and 334.5499, which gives ALB stock a 52-week price range ratio of 29.91%

Albemarle Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 16.80, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 3.86, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 5.58, a price to cashflow ratio of 32.20, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 13.51%, a ROC of 18.32% and a ROE of 26.89%. The company’s profit margin is 35.18%, its EBITDA margin is 34.90%, and its revenue ttm is $4.70 Billion , which makes it $40.11 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 $4.28 for the next earnings report. Albemarle Corporation’s next earnings report date is 02nd Aug 2023.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Albemarle Corporation is Strong Buy (1.54), with a target price of $312.47, which is +41.36% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Albemarle Corporation stock is Strong Sell (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Albemarle Corporation has a dividend yield of 0.71% with a dividend per share of $1.58 and a payout ratio of 46.00%.

Albemarle Corporation has a Neutral technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 11.90, ATR14 : 8.08, CCI20 : 172.38, Chaikin Money Flow : -0.02, MACD : 4.15, Money Flow Index : 47.74, ROC : 6.35, RSI : 62.32, STOCH (14,3) : 96.78, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 60.26, Williams %R : -3.22), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Albemarle Corporation in the last 12-months were: Barichivich John (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Crawford Raphael (Option Excercise at a value of $656 838), Crawford Raphael (Sold 17 968 shares of value $4 135 624 ), Eric W Norris (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Eric W Norris (Sold 2 390 shares of value $735 642 ), John Clarence Barichivich (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Johnson Netha (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Karen G. Narwold (Option Excercise at a value of $391 658), Karen G. Narwold (Sold 18 072 shares of value $5 411 255 ), Narwold Karen (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Netha N. Johnson (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Raphael Goszcz Crawford (Option Excercise at a value of $656 838), Raphael Goszcz Crawford (Sold 17 968 shares of value $4 135 624 ), Scott A. Tozier (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Scott A. Tozier (Sold 6 117 shares of value $1 539 519 ), Scott Tozier (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Scott Tozier (Sold 7 836 shares of value $1 917 699 )