Albemarle Corp (ALB) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $67.99, with 4.46 million shares of worth about $303.03 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -22.99% during that period and on July 02, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 8.09%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 117.65M shares, out of which, 117.13M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 12.60% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 23.42%. Year-to-date (YTD), ALB shares are showing a performance of -28.82% which decreased to -21.02% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $49.43 but also hit the highest price of $113.91 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Albemarle Corp shares is 3.71 million. The stock is currently trading 10.53% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 14.18% for SMA50 and it goes to -15.72% lower than SMA200.
Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) currently have 117.65M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 96.62% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $8.00B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.63. It has posted earnings per share of -$11.12 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 1.26 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for ALB, volatility over the week remained 5.20% while standing at 4.36% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 28.15% while it is estimated to increase by 129.48% in next year.
Coverage by Truist stated Albemarle Corp (ALB) stock as a Hold in their note to investors on January 28, 2025, suggesting a price target of $96 for the stock. On January 14, 2025, Clarksons Platou Initiated their recommendations, while on August 05, 2024, Robert W. Baird Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $85. Stock get a Hold rating from Berenberg on July 31, 2024.
