Albemarle (ALB) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$180.46 -10.64 (-5.57%)

Closing price 05/15/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$179.92 -0.54 (-0.30%)

As of 05/15/2026 07:58 PM Eastern

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Albemarle - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 26 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
11

Buy
14

Based on 26 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Albemarle in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 26 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 11 have given a hold rating, 13 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for ALB.

Consensus Price Target

$200.26
10.97% Upside

According to the 26 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Albemarle, the average price target is $200.26. The highest price target for ALB is $264.00, while the lowest price target for ALB is $85.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 10.97% from the current price of $180.46.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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ALB Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/17/25 to 5/17/26	1 Month Ago 4/17/25 to 4/17/26	3 Months Ago 2/16/25 to 2/16/26	1 Year Ago 5/17/24 to 5/17/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	13 Buy rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)
Hold	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$200.26	$172.60	$162.72	$91.62
Forecasted Upside	10.97% Upside	-12.65% Downside	-2.22% Downside	52.33% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy	Hold

ALB Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

ALB Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Albemarle Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Albemarle	Basic Materials Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.54	2.57	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	10.97% Upside	152.04% Upside	17.90% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent ALB News	Neutral News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
5/14/2026	Scotiabank 4 of 5 stars	Ben Isaacson 4 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Outperform	$200.00 ➝ $215.00	+12.97%
5/12/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2 of 5 stars		Boost Target	Buy	$210.00 ➝ $250.00	+20.33%
5/11/2026	Zacks Research Not Rated		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
5/11/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Arun Viswanathan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$245.00 ➝ $253.00	+24.19%
5/11/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bill Selesky Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$185.00 ➝ $230.00	+12.90%
5/11/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$230.00 ➝ $244.00	+19.77%
5/8/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joshua Spector Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$230.00 ➝ $264.00	+33.73%
5/8/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Peter Osterland Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$245.00 ➝ $260.00	+30.18%
5/8/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Cunningham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Neutral	$210.00 ➝ $225.00	+10.45%
5/8/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Sison Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$165.00 ➝ $200.00	+1.67%
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5/7/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Sell (D-) ➝ Sell (D+)
5/7/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ben Kallo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target		$210.00 ➝ $236.00	+19.00%
5/7/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Roberts Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Neutral	$185.00 ➝ $205.00	+5.81%
4/28/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Equal Weight	$170.00 ➝ $189.00	-5.37%
4/27/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$200.00 ➝ $220.00	+16.96%
4/22/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$188.00	-5.32%
4/21/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rock Hoffman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$190.00 ➝ $225.00	+14.88%
4/13/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$216.00 ➝ $222.00	+27.97%
2/23/2026	Berenberg Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andres Castanos-Mollor Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$153.00	-9.11%
2/18/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Richardson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target		$100.00 ➝ $180.00	+6.69%
2/13/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Zekauskas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$195.00 ➝ $145.00	-10.34%
1/20/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joel Jackson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$145.00 ➝ $210.00	+18.95%
12/19/2025	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
10/24/2025	Dbs Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$100.00 ➝ $120.00	+17.48%
10/9/2025	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Hold
7/30/2025	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Scott Schoenhaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Sector Weight
5/14/2025	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Charles Neivert Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Underweight	$68.00	+15.34%
5/1/2025	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David Deckelbaum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Hold	$115.00 ➝ $65.00	+6.65%
1/14/2025	Clarkson Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	H. Lund Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$112.00	+22.71%

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ALB Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 26 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Albemarle is $200.26, with a high forecast of $264.00 and a low forecast of $85.00.

26 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Albemarle in the last year. There is currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ALB shares.

According to analysts, Albemarle's stock has a predicted upside of 10.97% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Albemarle's stock had 3 upgrades and 2 downgrades by analysts.

Albemarle has been rated by research analysts at Argus, Bank of America, Berenberg Bank, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Evercore, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Robert W. Baird, Rothschild & Co Redburn, Royal Bank Of Canada, Scotiabank, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Albemarle less than other "basic materials" companies. The consensus rating score for Albemarle is 2.54 while the average consensus rating score for "basic materials" companies is 2.57. Learn more on how ALB compares to other companies.

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This page (NYSE:ALB) was last updated on 5/17/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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Albemarle (ALB) Stock Forecast & Price Target