Is Albemarle Corporation (ALB) overvalued or fairly valued?

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What is the share price of Albemarle Corporation (ALB)?

Albemarle Corporation last traded at $118.17 (-0.4% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Albemarle Corporation

ALB · NYSE · Materials · United States

$118.17-0.4%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 5:34 PM

Snapshot

TickerALB

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySpecialty Chemicals

CountryUnited States

Employees7,800

HeadquartersCharlotte, United States

Market cap$13.9B

P/B1.8

Volume1.09M

Websitewww.albemarle.com

Filings tracked0

About Albemarle Corporation

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; and specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics. The Specialties segment provides bromine and highly specialized lithium solutions for various industries, such as energy, mobility, connectivity, and health comprising fire safety compounds; bromine-based specialty chemical products, including elemental bromine, alkyl bromides, inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and various bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications, including airbag initiators. This segment also provides organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies, including hydroprocessing catalysts together with isomerization and alkylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves the grid storage, automotive, aerospace, conventional energy, electronics, construction, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and medical device industries. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.2%
Institutions96.1%
Public & other3.7%

1,315 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Capital World Investors8.34%
Blackrock Inc.7.41%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.50%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.35%
State Street Corporation4.43%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.91%
Bank of America Corporation2.52%
Primecap Management Company2.26%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $1.8B · EPS 3.44

Est. earnings growth +1910.5%

Next fiscal year

Rev $6.5B · EPS 12.51

Est. earnings growth +0.2%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$64.9552-wk range$221.00

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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