Albemarle Corporation (ALB)
Basic Materials · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for ALB is $175.85, 84.2% above the last close of $95.48 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $109.00 to $246.89. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E—
- P/E vs sector—
- P/E vs own—
- Target upside+84.2%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$11.27B
- FCF yield+11.9%
- InsidersNone in 90d
- Earnings in19d
- News
Why it moved
Albemarle Corporation (ALB) fell 2.8% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Basic Materials stocks rose 0.5%. Most of the move is specific to ALB.
1 story on the day (30-day average 0.9).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $95.48 · +1.3% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendbearish
- Sector→ -3.0%
- MAs20▼ 50▼ 100▼ 200▼
- Above MAs0 of 4 above
- MA20×50—
- RSI26
- Support-5.4%
- Resistance+1.1%
- Off 52w high-55.5%
- Off ATH-69.0%
- 52w range$95.48
- Bollingerlower half
- MACD-0.18
- ATR+4.2%
- Volume0.9x
Analyst price targets
18 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $95.48 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 3 · Buy 11 · Hold 10 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +31.1% year over year, free cash flow 36.6% of revenue, operating margin 26.0%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $1.74B | 3.22 | $638M | 33.9% | 26.0% | 27.5% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $1.43B | 2.34 | $248M | 35.1% | 16.3% | 22.3% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $1.43B | -3.87 | $233M | 14.2% | 3.4% | -29.0% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $1.31B | -1.72 | $223M | 9.0% | -2.3% | -12.3% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $1.33B | -0.16 | -$127M | 14.8% | 4.0% | 1.7% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $1.08B | 0.00 | $363M | 14.3% | 1.6% | 3.8% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $1.23B | 0.29 | -$355M | 11.2% | -1.3% | 6.1% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $1.35B | -9.45 | -$76.02M | -7.7% | -20.7% | -78.9% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $498.43 | +1.1% | -8.5% | +10.6% | 32.2 | $230B | |
| 2 |  | $335.20 | -0.5% | -9.4% | +13.8% | 30.9 | $81.37B | |
| 3 |  | $288.89 | -0.7% | -5.6% | +11.7% | 38.8 | $80.98B | |
| 4 |  | $299.59 | +1.0% | -4.0% | +12.2% | — | $66.71B | |
| 5 |  | $107.39 | -0.4% | -16.9% | +20.6% | 15.4 | $23.86B | |
| 6 |  | $90.68 | +0.4% | 0.0% | +4.5% | 84.0 | $23.14B | |
| 7 |  | $64.01 | +2.1% | -20.7% | +8.4% | — | $20.68B | |
| 8 | | $95.48 | -2.8% | -55.5% | +84.2% | — | $11.27B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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