Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) kicked off on Tuesday, down -8.37% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $96.53. Over the past 52 weeks, ALB has traded in a range of $49.43-$113.91.
While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 40.31%. With a float of $116.84 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $117.67 million.
Albemarle Corp (ALB) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Specialty Chemicals Industry. The insider ownership of Albemarle Corp is 0.72%, while institutional ownership is 103.98%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 24 ’25, was worth 18,060. In this transaction General Counsel & Sec of this company sold 172 shares at a rate of $105.00, taking the stock ownership to the 11,483 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 09 ’25, when Company’s General Counsel & Sec sold 116 for $95.00, making the entire transaction worth $11,020. This insider now owns 11,655 shares in total.
Albemarle Corp (ALB) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported -1.55 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at -0.48) by -1.07. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.73 per share during the current fiscal year.
Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Albemarle Corp’s (ALB) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.47. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.08.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -9.33, a number that is poised to hit -0.86 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.56 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Albemarle Corp (ALB)
Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) saw its 5-day average volume 3.33 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 3.57 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 32.36%.
During the past 100 days, Albemarle Corp’s (ALB) raw stochastic average was set at 63.75%, which indicates a significant increase from 2.32% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 4.62 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 3.82 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $87.59, while its 200-day Moving Average is $74.20. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $91.30 in the near term. At $94.14, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $95.79. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $86.81, it is likely to go to the next support level at $85.16. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $82.32.
Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 10.41 billion has total of 117,683K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 5,378 M in contrast with the sum of -1,179 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,330 M and last quarter income was 22,900 K.
