Compare Stocks: LAC, SQM, and ALB

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	$96.14 +1.3%	$105.23	$89.77 ▼ $221.00	$11.20B	1.34	2.62 million shs	1.48 million shs
LAC Lithium Americas	$1.67 -11.9%	$2.45	$1.65 ▼ $6.96	$686.15M	2.74	8.12 million shs	20.62 million shs
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$54.72 +0.5%	$64.08	$51.29 ▼ $98.00	$15.55B	1.1	1.03 million shs	726,318 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	-4.02%	+5.29%	-6.23%	-25.97%	-8.31%
LAC Lithium Americas	-6.51%	+0.53%	-19.19%	-41.51%	-62.92%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	-3.97%	+1.28%	-14.95%	-23.80%	+4.75%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALB Albemarle	$96.14 +1.3%	$105.23	$89.77 ▼ $221.00	$11.20B	1.34	2.62 million shs	1.48 million shs
LAC Lithium Americas	$1.67 -11.9%	$2.45	$1.65 ▼ $6.96	$686.15M	2.74	8.12 million shs	20.62 million shs
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$54.72 +0.5%	$64.08	$51.29 ▼ $98.00	$15.55B	1.1	1.03 million shs	726,318 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	-4.02%	+5.29%	-6.23%	-25.97%	-8.31%
LAC Lithium Americas	-6.51%	+0.53%	-19.19%	-41.51%	-62.92%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	-3.97%	+1.28%	-14.95%	-23.80%	+4.75%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ALB Albemarle	2.63	Moderate Buy	$174.05	81.03% Upside
LAC Lithium Americas	2.27	Hold	$5.25	215.32% Upside
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	2.46	Hold	$80.11	46.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LAC, SQM, and ALB Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/9/2026	ALB Albemarle	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Sector Outperform	$190.00 ➝ $165.00
11/9/2026	ALB Albemarle	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
11/9/2026	ALB Albemarle	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$150.00 ➝ $137.00
11/9/2026	ALB Albemarle	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$125.00 ➝ $140.00
11/9/2026	ALB Albemarle	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$161.00 ➝ $105.00
11/6/2026	ALB Albemarle	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$129.00 ➝ $119.00
11/6/2026	ALB Albemarle	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$185.00 ➝ $170.00
11/6/2026	ALB Albemarle	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$109.00 ➝ $95.00
11/6/2026	SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$88.00 ➝ $71.00
11/4/2026	ALB Albemarle	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Hold (C-)
10/27/2026	SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	Deutsche Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$94.00 ➝ $81.00

(Data available from 11/11/2023 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	2.21	$6.16 per share	15.61	$72.75 per share	1.32
LAC Lithium Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.37 per share	N/A
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$4.58B	3.42	$1.99 per share	27.54	$28.19 per share	1.94

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	$4.14	23.22	9.37	0.61	10.40%	14.91%	7.58%	N/A
LAC Lithium Americas	-$122.09M	-$0.37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-7.35%	-2.96%	11/13/2026 (Estimated)
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$588.14M	$4.85	11.28	6.97	0.19	20.62%	18.20%	9.46%	11/17/2026 (Estimated)

Latest LAC, SQM, and ALB Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/17/2026	Q3 2026	SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$1.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.22 billion	N/A
11/13/2026	Q3 2026	LAC Lithium Americas	-$0.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	ALB Albemarle	$2.53	$2.58	+$0.05	$2.15	$1.52 billion	$1.55 billion
8/14/2026	Q2 2026	SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$2.03	$2.31	+$0.28	$2.3110	$2.24 billion	$2.47 billion
8/13/2026	Q2 2026	LAC Lithium Americas	-$0.0379	-$0.02	+$0.0179	-$0.02	N/A	N/A

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ALB Albemarle	$1.64	1.71%	+1.02%	39.61%	30 Years
LAC Lithium Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$1.69	3.09%	-25.70%	34.85%	N/A

Latest LAC, SQM, and ALB Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/26/2026	ALB Albemarle	quarterly	$0.41	1.75%	12/18/2026	12/18/2026	1/4/2027
8/27/2026	SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	special	$1.4350		9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/21/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ALB Albemarle	0.21	2.34	1.57
LAC Lithium Americas	0.81	5.47	5.47
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	0.55	2.61	1.96

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ALB Albemarle	92.87%
LAC Lithium Americas	N/A
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	12.41%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ALB Albemarle	0.42%
LAC Lithium Americas	0.66%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ALB Albemarle	7,800	118.01 million	117.51 million	Optionable
LAC Lithium Americas	94	363.04 million	360.65 million	Optionable
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera	7,739	285.65 million	N/A	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) Expected to Announce Earnings on Tuesday

November 10 at 6:10 AM | marketbeat.com

Point Nemo Reportedly Buys Stakes in Four Firms

November 8 at 9:53 AM | ijr.comI

Point Nemo Capital LLC Purchases 18,177 Shares of Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $SQM

November 8 at 6:27 AM | marketbeat.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Upgrades Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) to "Overweight"

November 8 at 3:49 AM | americanbankingnews.com

SQM Stock And Albemarle Shares In Focus As U.S. Lithium Funding Shifts

November 7, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

What is Scotiabank's Estimate for SQM FY2026 Earnings?

November 7, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) Upgraded at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

November 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Scotiabank Has Positive Outlook for SQM FY2026 Earnings

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (NYSE:SQM) Stock Has Average Target Price of $82.00

November 5, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM) - What Are Researchers Thinking About This Stock?

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Q3 Earnings Estimate for SQM Issued By Scotiabank

October 31, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Q3 Earnings Forecast for SQM Issued By Scotiabank

October 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank Adjusts Sociedad Quimica to $81 From $94, Maintains Buy Rating

October 27, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $SQM Holdings Cut by Robeco Schweiz AG

October 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) Stock Rating Raised to "Strong-Buy" at Wall Street Zen

October 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

269,748 Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $SQM Shares Sold by RWC Asset Management LLP

October 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $SQM Shares Purchased by Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.

October 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wall Street Zen cuts rating for Sociedad Quimica y Minera stock to Buy

October 18, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) Stock Moved Down to Buy by Wall Street Zen

October 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

These 2 Basic Materials Stocks Could Beat Earnings: Why They Should Be on Your Radar

October 6, 2026 | zacks.com

Is Sociedad Química Y Minera De Chile (NYSE:SQM) Reasonable After A 52% Run?

October 1, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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LAC, SQM, and ALB Company Descriptions

Albemarle NYSE:ALB

$96.14 +1.21 (+1.27%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$96.48 +0.34 (+0.35%)

As of 07:56 PM 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.

Lithium Americas NYSE:LAC

$1.66 -0.23 (-11.90%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$1.66 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Lithium Americas Corp. engages in the exploration and development of lithium properties in the United States and Canada. It holds a 100% interest in the Thacker Pass project located in northern Nevada, as well as investments in exploration properties in the United States and Canada. Lithium Americas Corp. was incorporated in 2023 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera NYSE:SQM

$54.72 +0.29 (+0.54%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$54.90 +0.18 (+0.33%)

As of 07:56 PM Eastern

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. operates as a mining company worldwide. The company offers specialty plant nutrients, including sodium potassium nitrate, specialty blends, and other specialty fertilizers under Ultrasol, Qrop, Speedfol, Allganic, Ultrasoline, ProP, and Prohydric brands. It also provides iodine and its derivatives for use in medical, agricultural, industrial, and human and animal nutrition products comprising x-ray contrast media, biocides, antiseptics and disinfectants, pharmaceutical intermediates, polarizing films for LCD and LED screens, chemicals, organic compounds, and pigments, as well as added to edible salt to prevent iodine deficiency disorders. In addition, the company produces lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide which are used in the production of cathode material for secondary batteries; lithium chloride; and basic lithium chemicals and lithium derivatives used in lubricating greases for heat-resistant glass, chips for the ceramic and glazing industry, and air conditioning chemicals, as well as other pharmaceutical syntheses and metal alloys. Further, it produces potassium sulfate; and potassium chloride which is used as a fertilizer for the application of potassium to different crops. Additionally, the company produces and markets industrial chemicals, such as sodium nitrate mainly used in the production of glass and explosives, metal processing and recycling, and production of insulating materials and adhesives; potassium nitrate used as a raw material to produce frits and special glass, as well as in the enamel, metal treatment, and pyrotechnic sectors; solar salts used as a thermal storage medium in solar power generation plants; and potassium chloride as an additive in oil drilling and food processing sectors. Furthermore, it is involved in the commercialization of third-party fertilizers; and exploration of copper, gold, and silver deposits. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

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