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ALB NYSE

Albemarle Corporation
1W: +3.4% 1M: -7.8% 3M: -13.1% YTD: -31.2% 1Y: -6.0% 3Y: -25.8% 5Y: -55.8%
$98.96
+5.54 (+5.93%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.2%
$88 $91 $94 $97 $100
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Sell · Power 40 · $11.7B mcap · 118M float · 2.02% daily turnover · Short 58% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 53% of companies Debt: 14.5% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.80 (down 98%), Albemarle Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.99B against a stock market value of $11.68B.
Distance to default 4.87 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $975.7M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 54.9%; Altman Z 2.39. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
#9 of 130
Chemicals - Specialty
Basic Materials · Large Cap · 48 peers
Market Share
2.2%
Top 4 Concentration: 55.4%

Technical Signal Map

30 Bullish
2 Neutral
17 Bearish
ALB $11B
Albemarle Corporation
BEARISH -49
AVNT $3.8B
Avient Corporation
BULLISH +100
ECL $81B
Ecolab Inc.
BULLISH +91
APD $68B
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
BULLISH +91
GVDNY $45B
Givaudan S.A.
BULLISH +91
NVZMY $34B
Novozymes A/S
BULLISH +91
IFF $24B
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
BULLISH +91
SYIEY $16B
Symrise AG
BULLISH +91
SOLS $9.4B
Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.
BULLISH +84
LIN $235B
Linde plc
BULLISH +78
PPG $25B
PPG Industries, Inc.
BULLISH +75
LYB $21B
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
BULLISH +75
EVKIY $11B
Evonik Industries AG
BULLISH +75
NPCPF $18B
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.
BULLISH +66
AXTA $7.3B
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
BULLISH +66
COIHY $6.7B
Croda International Plc
BULLISH +66
WLK $8.2B
Westlake Corporation
BULLISH +60
EMN $7.4B
Eastman Chemical Company
BULLISH +60
AKZOY $34B
Akzo Nobel N.V.
BULLISH +58
BNTGY $10B
Brenntag SE
BULLISH +58
BCPC $5.6B
Balchem Corp
BULLISH +56
PRM $4.5B
Perimeter Solutions, Inc.
BULLISH +52
FUPBY $6.6B
Fuchs Petrolub SE
BULLISH +31
AIQUY $124B
L'Air Liquide S.A.
LEAN BULL +25
IMCDY $6.7B
IMCD N.V.
LEAN BULL +24
MBGCF $5.0B
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
LEAN BULL +24
NOFCF $4.0B
NOF Corporation
LEAN BULL +24
SXT $5.7B
Sensient Technologies Corporation
LEAN BULL +22
NDEKY $15B
Nitto Denko Corporation
LEAN BULL +15
CLZNF $4.1B
Clariant AG
LEAN BULL +15
DNLZY $4.8B
Dyno Nobel Limited
LEAN BULL +10
SOMMF $6.0B
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
NEUTRAL +8
EMSHF $24B
Ems-Chemie Holding AG
NEUTRAL +2
SXYAY $35B
Sika AG
LEAN BEAR -16
SHW $82B
The Sherwin-Williams Company
LEAN BEAR -17
PTPIF $46B
PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk
LEAN BEAR -20
RPM $13B
RPM International Inc.
BEARISH -33
KBDCY $7.7B
Kingboard Holdings Limited
BEARISH -34
ESI $8.1B
Element Solutions Inc
BEARISH -58
NEU $8.0B
NewMarket Corporation
BEARISH -59
COVTY $14B
Covestro AG
BEARISH -75
CLMT $4.3B
Calumet Inc.
BEARISH -75
WKCMF $4.3B
Wacker Chemie AG
BEARISH -75
DALQF $10B
D&L Industries, Inc.
BEARISH -82
SQM $16B
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.
BEARISH -91
OCLDF $7.6B
Orica Limited
BEARISH -91
PTCAY $7.2B
PT. Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk
BEARISH -91
ARKAF $5.7B
Arkema S.A.
BEARISH -91
CBT $3.8B
Cabot Corp.
BEARISH -91

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
ALB Albemarle Corporation $11B 206.2 2.2 4.4 27.5 18.3 7 BEARISH -6.0
AVNT Avient Corporation $3.8B 22.8 7.2 6.2 7.3 2.4 6 BULLISH 31.1
ECL Ecolab Inc. $81B 39.3 21.8 12.7 12.1 7.1 5 BULLISH 5.4
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $68B -1476.5 -0.3 -1.5 -45.6 4.5 5 BULLISH 20.4
GVDNY Givaudan S.A. $45B 29.2 22.7 12.3 12.5 -0.7 4 BULLISH 7.5
NVZMY Novozymes A/S $34B 44.8 5.8 12.5 15.4 -34.4 6 BULLISH 9.7
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. $24B 85.5 2.0 3.1 2.6 -11.7 8 BULLISH 42.3
SYIEY Symrise AG $16B 37.6 10.2 9.7 10.4 23.7 7 BULLISH 16.8
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. $9.4B 47.3 15.4 11.8 10.4 — 4 BULLISH 37.6
LIN Linde plc $235B 32.7 18.8 11.6 20.8 6.6 6 BULLISH 14.5
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $25B 16.1 19.6 11.1 9.7 12.3 8 BULLISH 10.4
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. $21B -60.2 -3.1 3.6 6.1 -11.3 3 BULLISH 45.8
EVKIY Evonik Industries AG $11B 82.4 1.5 3.0 2.2 -4.1 4 BULLISH 38.6
NPCPF Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. $18B 14.7 11.3 6.9 10.1 15.2 9 BULLISH 26.2
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. $7.3B 21.2 14.6 9.4 6.6 -0.9 5 BULLISH 18.9
COIHY Croda International Plc $6.7B 64.1 3.6 6.0 8.9 3.1 5 BULLISH 21.2
WLK Westlake Corporation $8.2B -6.9 -13.0 -7.7 7.9 -4.0 3 BULLISH -15.7
EMN Eastman Chemical Company $7.4B 17.1 7.4 6.5 7.3 -4.5 5 BULLISH 6.9
AKZOY Akzo Nobel N.V. $34B 15.4 14.6 9.7 -7.0 -4.9 5 BULLISH -5.8
BNTGY Brenntag SE $10B 25.0 8.5 6.2 4.2 -4.5 5 BULLISH 19.5
BCPC Balchem Corp $5.6B 31.6 13.0 13.1 16.1 9.4 8 BULLISH 8.3
PRM Perimeter Solutions, Inc. $4.5B -13.1 -30.9 -7.8 -85.0 24.2 3 BULLISH 30.4
FUPBY Fuchs Petrolub SE $6.6B 17.3 17.7 17.1 8.3 6.2 5 BULLISH 8.1
AIQUY L'Air Liquide S.A. $124B 29.9 14.0 10.3 13.2 -0.7 4 LEAN BULL 9.5
IMCDY IMCD N.V. $6.7B 25.9 11.3 7.8 5.4 3.3 5 LEAN BULL 1.9
MBGCF Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. $5.0B -23.2 -4.7 6.1 8.2 3.0 5 LEAN BULL 56.8
NOFCF NOF Corporation $4.0B 16.4 13.9 17.4 16.6 10.4 8 LEAN BULL 23.0
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation $5.7B 35.4 13.1 9.1 11.1 8.1 7 LEAN BULL 37.0
NDEKY Nitto Denko Corporation $15B 17.8 12.7 16.3 12.5 5.0 6 LEAN BULL -11.0
CLZNF Clariant AG $4.1B -102.9 -1.6 -0.1 3.8 -6.9 5 LEAN BULL 32.0
DNLZY Dyno Nobel Limited $4.8B 24.6 0.8 2.2 1.9 — 4 LEAN BULL —
SOMMF Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited $6.0B 9.0 10.7 5.8 7.1 -5.2 6 NEUTRAL 32.4
EMSHF Ems-Chemie Holding AG $24B 41.9 22.7 36.3 25.4 -3.1 5 NEUTRAL 31.4
SXYAY Sika AG $35B 27.0 16.2 9.7 9.9 -3.2 4 LEAN BEAR -2.1
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company $82B 29.7 17.1 7.6 12.0 7.0 6 LEAN BEAR -2.2
PTPIF PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk $46B 57.4 2.9 176.8 4.7 144.8 6 LEAN BEAR inf
RPM RPM International Inc. $13B 18.1 21.1 12.8 11.6 6.0 6 BEARISH -11.7
KBDCY Kingboard Holdings Limited $7.7B 11.2 6.4 8.1 9.3 19.5 8 BEARISH 129.2
ESI Element Solutions Inc $8.1B 41.4 7.4 10.2 6.6 39.6 4 BEARISH 34.2
NEU NewMarket Corporation $8.0B 18.9 25.1 15.5 17.9 -1.3 5 BEARISH 16.9
COVTY Covestro AG $14B -23.7 -4.5 -1.6 1.8 -7.6 6 BEARISH -4.8
CLMT Calumet Inc. $4.3B -32.2 12.7 3.8 -6.6 12.8 7 BEARISH 148.2
WKCMF Wacker Chemie AG $4.3B -9.3 -10.3 1.2 22.5 -2.3 3 BEARISH 10.2
DALQF D&L Industries, Inc. $10B 7.8 12.1 8.7 5.6 14.7 7 BEARISH -45.2
SQM Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. $16B 12.6 23.9 22.6 26.7 59.3 7 BEARISH 32.4
OCLDF Orica Limited $7.6B 43.9 4.7 9.2 -0.0 -33.1 6 BEARISH 0.9
PTCAY PT. Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk $7.2B 57.4 2.8 3.3 4.7 144.7 5 BEARISH -85.7
ARKAF Arkema S.A. $5.7B 324.7 0.9 1.6 2.7 -5.7 5 BEARISH -1.7
CBT Cabot Corp. $3.8B 20.5 12.1 10.4 0.6 -4.7 4 BEARISH 4.5

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

ALB vs Benchmarks

ROIC
ALB
4.4
Industry
6.1
Gross Margin
ALB
33.9
Industry
28.3
Op Margin
ALB
26.0
Industry
7.9
Net Margin
ALB
27.5
Industry
3.2
Sector
14.1
Revenue Growth
ALB
18.3
Sector
5.0
P/E Ratio
ALB
206.2
Sector
30.3
ROE
ALB
2.2
Sector
13.1
Piotroski F
ALB
7.0
Sector
7.0

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