ALB
Albemarle Corporation
ALB's fundamentals are strong: revenue grew 24% and its operating margin went from −2.9% to 10%. At 23x earnings, it's trading below its usual 31x. Analysts expect that strong growth to continue, though they disagree widely on how much.
ALB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
ALB's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
ALB PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.1x | $33.57 | -65% |
| Forward | 11x | $94.85 | — |
| Current | 23x | $94.85 | — |
| Fair | 28x | $114 | +20% |
| Expensive | 121x | $499 | +426% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ALB's PE is in its fair range at 23x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 11x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
ALB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ALB's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
ALB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $8.37 | +103% |
| Q4 2024 | -$11.20 | -184% |
| Q3 2024 | -$16.73 | -159% |
| Q2 2024 | -$4.71 | -114% |
| Q1 2024 | $2.77 | -91% |
| Q4 2023 | $13.36 | -42% |
| Q3 2023 | $28.22 | +114% |
| Q2 2023 | $33.26 | +1405% |
| Q1 2023 | $31.20 | +1216% |
ALB has returned to profit: it earned $4.13 per share over the past year, after losing money the year before.
ALB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.6B | +19% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.7B | +31% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.4B | +33% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.4B | +16% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.3B | -3.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.3B | -7% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1B | -21% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.2B | -48% |
ALB's revenue is recovering but still below its 2022 peak: $1.6B last quarter, up 19% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 9.5% | +26 points |
| Q2 2026 | 26% | +22 points |
| Q1 2026 | 16% | +15 points |
| Q4 2025 | -15% | -16 points |
| Q3 2025 | -17% | +65 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.6% | +38 points |
| Q1 2025 | 1.8% | +15 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.4% | +36 points |
ALB's operating margin was 9.5% last quarter, up 26 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ALB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $325.4M | +46% |
| Q2 2026 | $638.3M | +$766.9M |
| Q1 2026 | $247.6M | -32% |
| Q4 2025 | $233.1M | +$588.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $223.4M | +$286M |
| Q2 2025 | -$128.7M | -$43.9M |
| Q1 2025 | $362.8M | +$844.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$355.1M | +$427.3M |
ALB generated $1.4B in free cash flow over the past year, more than ten times what it generated the year before.
ALB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -13% | -17.7M shares |
| 1 year | +0.7% | +859K shares |
| 3 years | +0.7% | +775K shares |
| 5 years | +0.9% | +1.1M shares |
| Available history | +12% | +12.2M shares |
ALB has 119M diluted shares, up 0.7% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | — |
ALB Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 5.4x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 3.3x | Elevated |
| Q4 2023 | 4.8x | High |
| Q3 2023 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q2 2023 | 0.6x | Very low |
ALB's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 3.3 years a year ago.
ALB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 35.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 9.7 | Oversold |
ALB's weekly RSI is 35 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
ALB PE vs Basic Materials Sector
| Metric | ALB | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 23x | 19x | 23% above |
| PE % | 47 | 40 | 7 pts above |
ALB is trading at 23x earnings, a 23% premium to the Basic Materials sector's median of 19x.
ALB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $98.7 | 3.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $115.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $146.1 | 35% below |
| 100 week MA | $112.6 | 16% below |
| 200 week MA | $131.9 | 28% below |
ALB is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 28% below its 200-week average.
ALB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $72.0 | $149.6 | +108% |
| 2021 | $149.6 | $227.9 | +52% |
| 2022 | $227.9 | $227.0 | -0.4% |
| 2023 | $227.0 | $144.5 | -36% |
| 2024 | $144.5 | $88.3 | -39% |
| 2025 | $88.3 | $150.0 | +70% |
| 2026 YTD | $150.0 | $94.9 | -37% |
ALB has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 37% so far in 2026.