ALB.PR.A Stock Overview

Provides energy storage solutions worldwide. More details

ALB.PR.A fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Trading at 50% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 72.42% per year

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 2.15% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

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Albemarle Corporation Competitors

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Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Albemarle
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$37.58
52 Week High	US$62.21
52 Week Low	US$34.10
Beta	1.7
1 Month Change	-2.26%
3 Month Change	-23.79%
1 Year Change	-30.48%
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-29.43%

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Shareholder Returns

	ALB.PR.A	US Chemicals	US Market
7D	-0.05%	1.7%	-1.7%
1Y	-30.5%	-3.5%	12.1%

Return vs Industry: ALB.PR.A underperformed the US Chemicals industry which returned -2.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: ALB.PR.A underperformed the US Market which returned 11.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is ALB.PR.A's price volatile compared to industry and market?
ALB.PR.A volatility
ALB.PR.A Average Weekly Movement	4.8%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	5.3%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	17.2%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.3%

Stable Share Price: ALB.PR.A has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: ALB.PR.A's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1887	8,300	Jerry Masters	www.albemarle.com

Albemarle Corporation provides energy storage solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties, and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride for use in lithium batteries used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles, power grids and solar panels, high performance greases, specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics, organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products.

Albemarle Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Albemarle's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
ALB.PR.A fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$8.88b
Earnings (TTM)	-US$1.32b
Revenue (TTM)	US$5.38b

1.7x

P/S Ratio

-6.7x

P/E Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
ALB.PR.A income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$5.38b
Cost of Revenue	US$5.29b
Gross Profit	US$84.24m
Other Expenses	US$1.40b
Earnings	-US$1.32b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-11.19
Gross Margin	1.57%
Net Profit Margin	-24.47%
Debt/Equity Ratio	33.3%

How did ALB.PR.A perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.1%

Current Dividend Yield

-14%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/09 04:37
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/07 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Albemarle Corporation is covered by 44 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
William Selesky	Argus Research Company
Benjamin Kallo	Baird
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research