Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) kicked off on Friday, up 6.49% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $91.26. 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 52.20%. With a float of $116.85 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $117.69 million.
Albemarle Corp (ALB) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 105.72%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 07 ’25, was worth 3,733,080. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 24 ’25, when Company’s General Counsel & Sec sold 172 for $105.00, making the entire transaction worth $18,060. This insider now owns 11,483 shares in total.
Albemarle Corp (ALB) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported -1.09 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at -0.67) by -0.42. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.63 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 1.51. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.31. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 109.65.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.60, a number that is poised to hit -0.70 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.40 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Albemarle Corp (ALB)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 3.93 million. That was better than the volume of 3.57 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 36.62%.
During the past 100 days, Albemarle Corp’s (ALB) raw stochastic average was set at 80.85%, which indicates a significant increase from 48.40% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 5.00 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 3.94 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $88.12, while its 200-day Moving Average is $74.23. However, in the short run, Albemarle Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $100.40. Second resistance stands at $103.62. The third major resistance level sits at $108.81. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $91.99, it is likely to go to the next support level at $86.79. The third support level lies at $83.57 if the price breaches the second support level.
Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 11.44 billion has total of 117,698K 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.
