NYSE:ALBAlbemarle Stock Price, Forecast & News

Albemarle's stock was trading at $70.07 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ALB stock has increased by 31.9% and is now trading at $92.39.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Albemarle in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Albemarle is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Albemarle Co. (NYSE:ALB) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.14. Albemarle had a return on equity of 13.33% and a net margin of 12.99%.
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Albemarle announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.385 per share on Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 17th.
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Albemarle updated its third quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $700-775 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $717.55 million.

26 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Albemarle's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $116.00. On average, they anticipate Albemarle's stock price to reach $79.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.2%.
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Headlines about ALB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Albemarle earned a media sentiment score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Albemarle trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ALB."

Albemarle's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.89%), FMR LLC (2.56%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.42%), ProShare Advisors LLC (1.23%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (1.00%) and US Bancorp DE (0.88%). Company insiders that own Albemarle stock include Deeanne J Marlow, Eric Norris, Karen G Narwold, Luther C Iv Kissam and Scott Tozier.
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ALB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Eastern Bank, Cibc World Markets Corp, Robecosam AG, Federated Hermes Inc., Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A.. Company insiders that have sold Albemarle company stock in the last year include Karen G Narwold, Luther C Iv Kissam, and Scott Tozier.
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ALB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Avalon Investment & Advisory, US Bancorp DE, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC, Perseverance Asset Management International, and Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Albemarle stock in the last two years include Deeanne J Marlow, and Eric Norris.
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Shares of ALB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ALB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $92.39.

Albemarle has a market capitalization of $9.83 billion and generates $3.59 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $533.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.04 on an earnings per share basis. Albemarle employs 6,000 workers across the globe.

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

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]