ALBEMARLE CORP
ALBNYSE · SIC 2821
$120.78
↑ +1.1%Jul 17 close · end-of-day
Price
1Y↑ +73.8%
End-of-day closes; the latest point is the live 15-min-delayed price · split & dividend adjusted · chart by TradingView
Key statistics
Market Cap
$14.3B
Enterprise Value
$15.1B
P/E
—
P/S
2.6
P/B
1.5
EV/EBITDA
30.2
PEG
—
FCF Yield
4.0%
Dividend Yield
1.3%
Revenue (TTM)
$5.5B
Net Income (TTM)
-$232.9M
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$575.5M
Gross Margin
18.4%
Operating Margin
-2.8%
Net Margin
-4.2%
ROE
-2.4%
ROIC
-1.1%
Debt / Equity
0.2
Net Cash
-$792.0M
Return 1Y
+61.6%
Company profile
Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals. It operates through three segments: Lithium, Bromine, and Catalysts. The Lithium segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and lithium specialties. The Bromine segment offers bromine and bomine-based fire safety solutions; specialty chemicals for use in chemical synthesis, oil and gas well drilling and completion fluids, mercury control, water purification, beef and poultry processing.
- CEO
- Jerry K. Masters
- Sector
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Employees
- 7,400
- Headquarters
- North Carolina
- Website
- albemarle.com
Management & directors
- Masters J KentChairman & CEO
- Anderson Melissa H.Chief Bus..Transformation Off.
- Gagarinas Autumn M.Chief People Officer
- Krupa Ander C.General Counsel & Sec
- Labauve Donald J. Jr.VP, Corporate Controller & CAO
- Lima Cynthia ReneeSVP, Ext. Affairs & Comm.
- Mummert Mark RichardChief Supply Chain Officer
- Norris EricChief Commercial Officer
- Sheorey Neal RaviChief Financial Officer
Roles derived from SEC Form 4 filings.
Earnings
Next earnings · estimated2026-08-05
ALB Q1 2026 Earnings
Period ends 2026-03-31
MetricActualYoY
Revenue$1.4B↑ +32.7%
Diluted EPS$2.34—
Actuals from SEC filings; YoY vs the year-ago quarter. Analyst estimates & surprise require a data feed (coming soon).
Financial statements
| Line item | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.1B | $3.3B | $7.3B | $9.6B | $5.4B | $5.1B |
| Gross profit | $994.9M | $998.0M | $3.1B | $1.2B | $62.5M | $668.7M |
| Operating income | $505.8M | $798.4M | $2.5B | $251.9M | -$1.8B | -$367.1M |
| Net income | $375.8M | $123.7M | $2.7B | $1.6B | -$1.2B | -$510.6M |
| Diluted EPS | $3.52 | $1.06 | $22.84 | $13.36 | -$11.20 | -$5.76 |
| Operating cash flow | $798.9M | $344.3M | $1.9B | $1.3B | $687.9M | $1.3B |
| Free cash flow | -$51.6M | -$609.4M | $650.8M | -$828.0M | -$992.7M | $692.5M |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 30.0% | 42.0% | 12.3% | 1.2% | 13.0% |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 24.0% | 33.7% | 2.6% | -33.0% | -7.1% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 3.7% | 36.7% | 16.4% | -21.9% | -9.9% |
| Line item | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.4B |
| Gross profit | -$10.6M | -$104.0M | $138.2M | $156.3M | $196.9M | $117.6M | $197.9M | $501.0M |
| Operating income | -$492.6M | -$1.1B | $4.4M | $19.8M | $47.5M | -$217.0M | -$217.4M | $233.5M |
| Net income | -$188.2M | -$1.1B | $75.3M | $41.3M | $22.9M | -$160.7M | -$414.2M | $319.1M |
| Diluted EPS | -$1.96 | -$9.45 | $0.29 | $0.00 | -$0.16 | -$1.72 | -$3.88 | $2.34 |
| Operating cash flow | $367.7M | $227.1M | -$4.4M | $547.2M | -$9.0M | $355.6M | $388.5M | $346.2M |
| Free cash flow | -$83.9M | -$76.0M | -$347.2M | $364.6M | -$128.7M | $223.4M | $233.1M | $247.6M |
| Gross margin | -0.7% | -7.7% | 11.2% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 9.0% | 13.9% | 35.1% |
| Operating margin | -34.4% | -81.9% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 3.6% | -16.6% | -15.2% | 16.3% |
| Net margin | -13.2% | -78.9% | 6.1% | 3.8% | 1.7% | -12.3% | -29.0% | 22.3% |
Company news
Jul 20, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
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- 4d agoDuPont Rolls Out End-to-End Direct Lithium Extraction Portfoliofinance.yahoo.com
- 4d agoAlbemarle (ALB) Loses 25.1% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why a Trend Reversal May be Around the Cornerfinance.yahoo.com
- 4d agoDoes LIT's History Justify Buying This Dip?trefis.com
Analyst estimates
Coming soonConsensus revenue & EPS estimates and price targets will appear here once a forward-estimates data feed is connected.
Insider transactions
BoughtSoldMonthly insider $ volume · trailing 12 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | Cramer Ralf Hans | Tax withholding | 929 | $136.08 | $126,418.32 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | Cramer Ralf Hans | Tax withholding | 13 | $136.08 | $1,769.04 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | Cramer Ralf Hans | Award | 1,250 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | Cramer Ralf Hans | Award | 36 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | BRLAS LAURIE | Award | 1,250 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | BRLAS LAURIE | Award | 36 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | Wolff Alejandro Daniel | Award | 33 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | STEINER GERALD A | Award | 1,250 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | STEINER GERALD A | Award | 36 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | OConnell Diarmuid B. | Award | 1,250 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | OConnell Diarmuid B. | Award | 36 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | Collins Michelle T | Award | 1,250 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-07-01 | Collins Michelle T | Award | 2 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-15 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Sale | 11,867 | $183.87 | $2.2M | filing |
| 2026-05-15 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Sale | 3,826 | $183.12 | $700,617.12 | filing |
| 2026-05-15 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Sale | 700 | $184.52 | $129,164.00 | filing |
| 2026-04-01 | Wolff Alejandro Daniel | Award | 25 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-12 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Gift | 30,716 | $162.79 | $5.0M | filing |
| 2026-03-10 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Sale | 5,392 | $171.18 | $923,002.56 | filing |
| 2026-03-10 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Sale | 5,395 | $170.26 | $918,552.70 | filing |
| 2026-03-10 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Sale | 996 | $171.82 | $171,132.72 | filing |
| 2026-03-02 | Mummert Mark Richard· Chief Supply Chain Officer | Award | 3,143 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-02 | Masters J Kent· Chairman & CEO | Award | 22,450 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-02 | Anderson Melissa H.· Chief Bus..Transformation Off. | Award | 4,490 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-02 | Gagarinas Autumn M.· Chief People Officer | Award | 1,796 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
Showing the latest 25 transactions — full history in the linked SEC filings.
Fundamentals & filings from SEC EDGAR. Prices adjusted for splits & dividends. Not investment advice.