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NYSE:ALB

Albemarle - ALB Competitors

$217.79
+2.15 (+1.00%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$208.67
$217.94
50-Day Range
$208.49
$290.15
52-Week Range
$185.15
$334.55
Volume
1.59 million shs
Average Volume
1.77 million shs
Market Capitalization
$25.55 billion
P/E Ratio
9.54
Dividend Yield
0.73%
Price Target
$308.00

ALB vs. DD, DOW, EMN, FNV, SQM, AEM, MT, LYB, PPG, and WPM

Should you be buying Albemarle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albemarle include DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), ArcelorMittal (MT), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), PPG Industries (PPG), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Albemarle vs.

Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Albemarle pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 44.54% compared to Albemarle's net margin of 36.75%. Albemarle's return on equity of 37.63% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Albemarle 36.75% 37.63% 19.44%
DuPont de Nemours 44.54% 6.45% 3.88%

82.2% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 6 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 3 mentions for Albemarle. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Albemarle's score of 0.36 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Albemarle
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DuPont de Nemours
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Albemarle has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DuPont de Nemours received 135 more outperform votes than Albemarle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.16% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 64.58% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlbemarleOutperform Votes
733
65.16%
Underperform Votes
392
34.84%
DuPont de NemoursOutperform Votes
868
64.58%
Underperform Votes
476
35.42%

Albemarle presently has a consensus target price of $308.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.42%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus target price of $81.14, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Given Albemarle's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Albemarle
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
DuPont de Nemours
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

DuPont de Nemours has higher revenue and earnings than Albemarle. DuPont de Nemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albemarle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Albemarle$7.32 billion3.49$2.69 billion$22.829.54
DuPont de Nemours$13.02 billion2.42$5.87 billion$11.925.76

Summary

Albemarle beats DuPont de Nemours on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.
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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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ALB vs. The Competition

MetricAlbemarlePlastics materials & resins IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.55B$9.85B$2.63B$14.05B
Dividend Yield0.74%2.94%4.57%3.91%
P/E Ratio9.5411.7683.6319.71
Price / Sales3.492.0176,639.3110.42
Price / Cash8.7710.1525.3524.26
Price / Book3.111.923.166.80
Net Income$2.69B$1.21B$389.25M$871.37M
7 Day Performance4.46%4.94%0.96%0.73%
1 Month Performance-12.72%-6.68%0.88%-7.18%
1 Year Performance0.10%-24.92%-12.66%-15.32%

Albemarle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DD
DuPont de Nemours
2.7229 of 5 stars
$68.20
-2.1%
$81.14
+19.0%
-10.1%$31.26B$13.02B5.7223,000Options Volume
Positive News
DOW
DOW
2.7284 of 5 stars
$51.38
-1.3%
$59.50
+15.8%
-19.2%$36.38B$56.90B8.2337,800Analyst Revision
EMN
Eastman Chemical
2.8473 of 5 stars
$79.52
-2.5%
$98.78
+24.2%
-28.1%$9.45B$10.58B12.6214,500
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.509 of 5 stars
$141.81
+0.8%
$166.43
+17.4%
-8.9%$27.21B$1.32B38.8538
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
2.3272 of 5 stars
$81.07
-1.0%
$95.60
+17.9%
-3.4%$23.16B$10.71B5.936,081
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
2.2127 of 5 stars
$50.26
+1.6%
$70.50
+40.3%
-16.9%$22.99B$5.74B33.5111,838
MT
ArcelorMittal
2.2735 of 5 stars
$27.95
-0.5%
$28.68
+2.6%
-17.6%$22.51B$79.84B2.82157,909Analyst Upgrade
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LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
2.8861 of 5 stars
$86.77
-1.9%
$98.95
+14.0%
-19.2%$28.29B$50.45B7.3519,300
PPG
PPG Industries
2.3805 of 5 stars
$123.61
-2.4%
$135.84
+9.9%
-3.1%$29.09B$17.65B28.5552,000
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
2.2233 of 5 stars
$45.92
+1.9%
$54.38
+18.4%
-2.7%$20.77B$1.07B31.0344Positive News
This page (NYSE:ALB) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff