Albemarle Corporation (ALB)
Materials · Specialty chemicals & minerals
A specialty chemicals and minerals producer with leading positions in lithium, bromine, and catalysts serving energy, transportation, and industrial markets globally.
What Albemarle Corporation does
Albemarle Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and minerals company that produces lithium compounds, bromine-based chemicals, and catalysts for refining and petrochemicals. The company operates significant manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia, serving customers in the automotive, energy, consumer, and industrial sectors. Albemarle's products enable critical performance attributes in applications ranging from lithium-ion batteries to flame retardants and petroleum refining catalysts.
Themes: ["Energy transition","Lithium for battery supply chain","Electric vehicles","Flame retardants","Oil refining","Chemical catalysts","Specialty minerals"]
Fundamentals
- Price$128.42 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$15.2B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+81.4% as of 2026-07-09 close
- Net margin-4.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+18.4% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE-2.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.19 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+7.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-11.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.34 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.3%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Regulatory compliance costs including REACH (EU) and TSCA (US) chemical regulations could increase production costs and reduce demand for certain products","Product performance failures or recalls, particularly in automotive-supplied refinery catalysts, could result in customer claims, damages, and loss of business","Operational hazards including chemical spills, explosions, fires, and natural disasters at manufacturing and extraction facilities could disrupt production, damage reputation, and create environmental liabilities"]
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.