Compare Stocks: ASH, ALB, CBT, and SOLS

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALB Albemarle	$131.52 +0.3%	$137.62	$71.25 ▼ $221.00	$15.52B	1.33	2.37 million shs	2.63 million shs
ASH Ashland	$76.92 +0.6%	$66.17	$46.29 ▼ $78.25	$3.52B	0.4	789,295 shs	1.76 million shs
CBT Cabot	$87.69 +0.1%	$87.92	$58.33 ▼ $94.53	$4.53B	0.84	478,143 shs	645,326 shs
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	$60.96	$72.26	$40.43 ▼ $90.80	$9.68B	N/A	3.62 million shs	1.90 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ALB Albemarle	0.00%	+11.97%	+4.33%	-37.37%	+74.52%
ASH Ashland	0.00%	+6.01%	+15.29%	+42.25%	+47.71%
CBT Cabot	0.00%	-0.47%	+0.35%	+3.78%	+12.54%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	0.00%	+1.31%	-0.55%	-28.63%	+6,095,999,900.00%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALB Albemarle	$131.52 +0.3%	$137.62	$71.25 ▼ $221.00	$15.52B	1.33	2.37 million shs	2.63 million shs
ASH Ashland	$76.92 +0.6%	$66.17	$46.29 ▼ $78.25	$3.52B	0.4	789,295 shs	1.76 million shs
CBT Cabot	$87.69 +0.1%	$87.92	$58.33 ▼ $94.53	$4.53B	0.84	478,143 shs	645,326 shs
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	$60.96	$72.26	$40.43 ▼ $90.80	$9.68B	N/A	3.62 million shs	1.90 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ALB Albemarle	0.00%	+11.97%	+4.33%	-37.37%	+74.52%
ASH Ashland	0.00%	+6.01%	+15.29%	+42.25%	+47.71%
CBT Cabot	0.00%	-0.47%	+0.35%	+3.78%	+12.54%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	0.00%	+1.31%	-0.55%	-28.63%	+6,095,999,900.00%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ALB Albemarle	2.54	Moderate Buy	$192.30	46.22% Upside
ASH Ashland	2.58	Moderate Buy	$73.90	-3.92% Downside
CBT Cabot	2.14	Hold	$89.00	1.50% Upside
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	2.82	Moderate Buy	$78.25	28.36% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ASH, ALB, CBT, and SOLS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/7/2026	ALB Albemarle	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$205.00 ➝ $175.00
8/7/2026	ALB Albemarle	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$225.00 ➝ $175.00
8/7/2026	ALB Albemarle	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$245.00 ➝ $225.00
8/7/2026	CBT Cabot	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$70.00 ➝ $78.00
8/6/2026	ASH Ashland	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$58.00 ➝ $78.00
8/5/2026	CBT Cabot	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$97.00 ➝ $92.00
8/5/2026	CBT Cabot	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$100.00
8/4/2026	ALB Albemarle	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D+)
8/3/2026	SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/31/2026	SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$102.00 ➝ $82.00
7/31/2026	ASH Ashland	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$85.00

(Data available from 8/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ALB Albemarle	$5.14B	3.02	$6.37 per share	20.65	$64.12 per share	2.05
ASH Ashland	$1.82B	1.93	$24.34 per share	3.16	$41.66 per share	1.85
CBT Cabot	$3.71B	1.22	$10.40 per share	8.43	$32.05 per share	2.74
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	$3.89B	2.49	$2.88 per share	21.17	$8.68 per share	7.02

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ALB Albemarle	-$510.63M	$0.27	487.13	10.55	N/A	3.09%	10.96%	5.39%	N/A
ASH Ashland	-$845M	$1.14	67.47	18.10	1.85	2.82%	8.03%	3.31%	N/A
CBT Cabot	$331M	$3.55	24.70	12.46	11.45	5.23%	20.29%	9.01%	N/A
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	$237M	$1.77	34.44	18.25	N/A	5.13%	14.28%	4.82%	N/A

Latest ASH, ALB, CBT, and SOLS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	ALB Albemarle	$3.20	$3.75	+$0.55	$3.52	$1.61 billion	$1.74 billion
8/3/2026	Q3 2026	CBT Cabot	$1.66	$1.67	+$0.01	$0.12	$943.16 million	$982.00 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	$0.79	$0.88	+$0.09	$0.75	N/A	$1.15 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ALB Albemarle	$1.62	1.23%	+1.02%	600.00%	30 Years
ASH Ashland	$1.68	2.18%	+8.32%	147.37%	16 Years
CBT Cabot	$1.89	2.16%	+4.68%	53.24%	14 Years
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	$0.30	0.49%	N/A	16.95%	N/A

Latest ASH, ALB, CBT, and SOLS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/21/2026	ALB Albemarle	quarterly	$0.41	1.38%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	10/1/2026
8/7/2026	ASH Ashland	quarterly	$0.42	2.18%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
7/10/2026	CBT Cabot	quarterly	$0.4725	2.16%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/11/2026
7/14/2026	SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	quarterly	$0.0750	0.51%	8/27/2026	8/27/2026	9/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ALB Albemarle	0.22	2.09	1.35
ASH Ashland	0.73	3.05	1.89
CBT Cabot	0.48	1.47	0.97
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	1.30	1.46	1.08

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ALB Albemarle	92.87%
ASH Ashland	93.95%
CBT Cabot	93.18%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ALB Albemarle	0.42%
ASH Ashland	1.26%
CBT Cabot	3.08%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	0.07%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ALB Albemarle	7,800	118.00 million	117.51 million	Optionable
ASH Ashland	2,900	45.79 million	45.22 million	Optionable
CBT Cabot	4,100	51.62 million	50.03 million	Optionable
SOLS Solstice Advanced Mat	4,100	158.85 million	158.74 million	N/A

ASH, ALB, CBT, and SOLS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Wall Street Analysts Think Solstice Advanced Materials (SOLS) Could Surge 26.16%: Read This Before Placing a Bet

August 5, 2026 | zacks.com

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) Upgraded by Zacks Research to Strong-Buy Rating

August 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Latest Solstice Advanced Mat Stock News | NASDAQ:SOLS | Benzinga

August 1, 2026 | benzinga.com

Solstice Advanced Materials Lifts 2026 Outlook After Strong Q2

August 1, 2026 | tipranks.com

Integration Risks Loom Over Solstice Advanced Materials–Element Solutions Merger, Threatening Synergies and Financial Performance

August 1, 2026 | tipranks.com

Why Solstice Advanced Materials (SOLS) Stock Is Up Today

July 31, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) Receives $80.50 Consensus PT from Analysts

July 31, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Solstice Advanced Mat Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. - SOLS

July 30, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

July 30, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) Updates FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Solstice Advanced Materials Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

July 30, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) Short Interest Update

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. - SOLS

July 28, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Element Solutions slides despite earnings beat as merger-linked valuation pressure appears to outweigh stronger guidance

July 28, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Solstice Advanced Materials Secures Bridge Financing for Merger

July 27, 2026 | tipranks.com

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

July 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases 28,711 Shares of Solstice Advanced Mat $SOLS

July 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. - SOLS

July 23, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Solstice Advanced Mat Stock Dividends | NASDAQ:SOLS | Benzinga

July 22, 2026 | benzinga.com

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) Upgraded by Vertical Research to "Buy" Rating

July 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ASH, ALB, CBT, and SOLS Company Descriptions

Albemarle NYSE:ALB

$131.52 +0.41 (+0.31%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$133.05 +1.53 (+1.16%)

As of 06:43 AM Eastern

Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Specialties segment provides bromine-based specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; develops and manufactures cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies (CFT), which is composed of hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions (PCS), which is composed of organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection markets. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ashland NYSE:ASH

$76.92 +0.47 (+0.61%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$76.19 -0.72 (-0.94%)

As of 08/7/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; and nutraceutical solutions comprising products for weight management, joint comfort, stomach and intestinal health, sports nutrition, and general wellness, as well as custom formulation, toll processing, and particle engineering solutions. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of nature-based, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers. The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding. Its Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Cabot NYSE:CBT

$87.69 +0.07 (+0.08%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$85.00 -2.69 (-3.06%)

As of 06:41 AM Eastern

Cabot Corporation operates as a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. The company operates through two segments, Reinforcement Materials and Performance Chemicals. It offers reinforcing carbons that are used in tires as a rubber reinforcing agent and performance additive, as well as in industrial products, such as hoses, belts, extruded profiles, and molded goods; and engineered elastomer composites solutions. The company also provides specialty carbons for use in inks, coatings, plastics, adhesives, toners, batteries, and displays; conductive additives and fumed alumina used in lead acid and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles; fumed silica used in adhesives, sealants, cosmetics, batteries, inks, toners, silicone elastomers, coatings, polishing slurries, and pharmaceuticals; and fumed alumina for use in various products, including inkjet media, lighting, coatings, cosmetics, and polishing slurries. In addition, it offers aerogel, a hydrophobic, silica-based particle to use in various thermal insulation and specialty chemical applications; masterbatch and conductive compound products that are used in automotive, industrial, packaging, infrastructure, agriculture, consumer products, and electronics industries; and inkjet colorants for inkjet printing applications. The company sells its products through distributors and sales representatives in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Cabot Corporation was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Solstice Advanced Mat NASDAQ:SOLS

$60.96 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$62.90 +1.94 (+3.19%)

As of 05:28 AM Eastern

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Latest ASH, ALB, CBT, and SOLS Dividends

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