Albemarle Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Albemarle in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Albemarle stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ALB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Albemarle saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,550,000 shares, an increase of 25.0% from the June 30th total of 2,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Albemarle is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Albemarle will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 5th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 404-537-3406 with passcode "6747789".

Albemarle Co. (NYSE:ALB) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.30. The specialty chemicals company earned $829.29 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $754.03 million. Albemarle had a net margin of 11.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.66%.
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Albemarle's stock was trading at $70.07 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ALB stock has increased by 195.5% and is now trading at $207.06.
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Albemarle declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Friday, October 1st. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 16th.
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Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.76%. Albemarle has been increasing its dividend for 27 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Albemarle is 37.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Albemarle will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.89% next year. This indicates that Albemarle will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Albemarle updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.250-3.650 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.500. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.20 billion-$3.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.21 billion.

17 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Albemarle's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $208.00. On average, they anticipate Albemarle's stock price to reach $147.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 29.0%.
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63 employees have rated Albemarle CEO Luther C. Kissam, IV on Glassdoor.com. Luther C. Kissam, IV has an approval rating of 75% among Albemarle's employees.

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Albemarle trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ALB."

Albemarle's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Aegon Asset Management UK PLC (0.34%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.32%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.19%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.15%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.12%) and Grandfield & Dodd LLC (0.12%). Company insiders that own Albemarle stock include Eric Norris, John Clarence Barichivich III, Karen G Narwold, Luther C Iv Kissam, Raphael Goszcz Crawford and Scott Tozier.
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ALB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Avalon Investment & Advisory, Aegon Asset Management UK PLC, State of Michigan Retirement System, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Usca Ria LLC, Mizuho Markets Cayman LP, and Legacy Capital Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Albemarle company stock in the last year include Eric Norris, John Clarence Barichivich III, Karen G Narwold, Luther C Iv Kissam, Raphael Goszcz Crawford, and Scott Tozier.
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ALB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, CBOE Vest Financial LLC, GWM Advisors LLC, New England Research & Management Inc., Mirador Capital Partners LP, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Breiter Capital Management Inc., and IFM Investors Pty Ltd.
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One share of ALB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $207.06.

Albemarle has a market capitalization of $24.17 billion and generates $3.13 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $375.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.12 on an earnings per share basis.

Albemarle employs 5,900 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Albemarle: ACI Cyprus L.L.C., Albemarle (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Albemarle Argentina SRL, Albemarle Brazil Holdings LTDA., Albemarle Care Fund, Albemarle Catalysts Company B.V., Albemarle Chemical Canada Ltd., Albemarle Chemicals (Shanghai) Company Limited, Albemarle Chemicals Ltd., Albemarle Chemicals Private Limited, Albemarle Chemicals S.A.S., Albemarle Chemicals South Africa (PTY) Ltd., Albemarle Delaware Holdings 1 LLC, Albemarle Delaware Holdings 2 LLC, Albemarle Dutch Holdings 2 B.V., Albemarle Dutch Holdings B.V., Albemarle Europe Sprl, Albemarle Finance Company B.V., Albemarle Foundation, Albemarle Germany Gmbh, Albemarle Hilfe GmbH Unterstutzungskasse, Albemarle Holdings Company Limited, Albemarle Holdings Limited, Albemarle Hungary Ltd., Albemarle Italy S.R.L., Albemarle Japan Corporation, Albemarle Japan Holdings B.V., Albemarle Knight Lux 1 Holdings Corporation, Albemarle Korea Corporation, Albemarle Limitada, Albemarle Lithium Holding Corporation, Albemarle Lithium Holding GmbH, Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd, Albemarle Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Albemarle Management (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Albemarle Middle East Corporation FZE, Albemarle Netherlands B.V., Albemarle New Holding GmbH, Albemarle Overseas Employment Corporation, Albemarle Quimica LTDA, Albemarle Saudi Trading Company, Albemarle Singapore PTE LTD, Albemarle Spain S.L., Albemarle Taiwan Limited, Albemarle U.S. Inc., Albemarle Vietnam Limited Liability Company, Albemarle Wodgina Pty Ltd, Albemarle de Venezuela C.A., Dynamit Nobel GmbH, Dynamit Nobel Unterstützungsfonds GmbH, Excalibur II Realty Company, Excalibur Realty Company, Foote Chile Holding Company, Foote Minera e Inversiones Ltda., Jiangxi Albemarle Lithium Co. Ltd., Jordan Bromine Company Limited, Knight Lux 1 S.à r.l., Knight Lux 2 S.à r.l., MARBL Lithium Operations Pty Ltd, Metalon Environmental Management & Solutions GmbH, PT Albemarle Chemicals Indonesia, RSG Immobilien GmbH, RT Lithium Limited, Rockwood Holdings, Rockwood Holdings Inc., Rockwood Lithium India Pvt. Ltd., Rockwood Lithium Japan K.K., Rockwood Lithium Korea LLC, Rockwood Lithium Shanghai Co. Ltd., Rockwood Lithium Taiwan Co. Ltd., Rockwood Specialties GmbH, Rockwood Specialties Group LLC, Rockwood Specialties LLC, Rockwood Specialties Limited, Sales de Magnesio Limitada, Shandong Sinobrom Albemarle Bromine Chemicals Company Limited, and Sichuan Guorun New Material Co. Ltd..

Albemarle was founded in 1994.

The official website for Albemarle is www.albemarle.com.

Albemarle is headquartered at 4250 CONGRESS STREET SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC, 28209.

Albemarle's mailing address is 4250 CONGRESS STREET SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC, 28209. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 980-299-5700 or via email at [email protected]