Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) stock closed at 224.79 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 5.23% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 1.75M shares and market capitalization of 26.33B. 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 28.71%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is -3.84%. ALB stock has a five-year performance of 114.39%. Its 52-week range is between 162.68 and 291.48, which gives ALB stock a 52-week price range ratio of 48.22%

Albemarle Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 89.50, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 4.26, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 6.85, a price to cashflow ratio of 63.50, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 2.59%, a ROC of 3.90% and a ROE of 4.86%. The company’s profit margin is 10.03%, its EBITDA margin is 16.90%, and its revenue ttm is $3.63 Billion , which makes it $30.97 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 $2.79 for the next earnings report. Albemarle Corporation’s next earnings report date is 03rd Aug 2022.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Albemarle Corporation is Moderate Buy (2.12), with a target price of $277.29, which is +23.36% 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 0.75% 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 : 11.35, ATR14 : 12.45, CCI20 : -51.69, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.13, MACD : -4.64, Money Flow Index : 38.66, ROC : -12.83, RSI : 48.30, STOCH (14,3) : 42.68, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 51.19, Williams %R : -57.32), 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 $477 019), Eric W Norris (Sold 4 017 shares of value $953 073 ), J. Kent Masters (Buy at a value of $999 983), John Clarence Barichivich (Option Excercise at a value of $0), John Clarence Barichivich (Sold 540 shares of value $146 421 ), Karen G. Narwold (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Karen G. Narwold (Sold 32 818 shares of value $7 644 714 ), Netha N. Johnson (Buy at a value of $398 148), Netha N. Johnson (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Raphael Goszcz Crawford (Option Excercise at a value of $596 244), Raphael Goszcz Crawford (Sold 9 521 shares of value $2 288 900 ), Scott Tozier (Option Excercise at a value of $2 044 111), Scott Tozier (Sold 37 857 shares of value $10 410 666 )