ALB vs. TSLA, ASIX, CBT, CC, CE, CMC, FMC, KOP, LAC, and NTR
Should you be buying Albemarle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albemarle include Tesla (TSLA), AdvanSix (ASIX), Cabot (CBT), Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), Commercial Metals (CMC), FMC (FMC), Koppers (KOP), Lithium Americas (LAC), and Nutrien (NTR).
Albemarle vs. Its Competitors
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of Tesla shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Albemarle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tesla presently has a consensus price target of $317.70, suggesting a potential downside of 25.44%. Albemarle has a consensus price target of $86.47, suggesting a potential upside of 5.66%. Given Albemarle's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Tesla.
In the previous week, Tesla had 444 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 456 mentions for Tesla and 12 mentions for Albemarle. Albemarle's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Tesla's score of 0.75 indicating that Albemarle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tesla has higher revenue and earnings than Albemarle. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tesla has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tesla has a net margin of 6.54% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -18.61%. Tesla's return on equity of 7.98% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
Summary
Tesla beats Albemarle on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:ALB) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
