The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

ALB

Concerning the House

Albemarle Corporation provides energy storage solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties, and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride for use in lithium batteries used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles; power grids and solar panels; high-performance greases; and specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics. The Specialties segment provides bromine and highly specialized lithium solutions for various industries, such as energy, mobility, connectivity, and health comprising fire safety compounds; bromine-based specialty chemical products, including elemental bromine, alkyl bromides, inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and various bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications, including airbag initiators. This segment also provides organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies, including hydroprocessing catalysts together with isomerization and alkylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves the grid storage, automotive, aerospace, conventional energy, electronics, construction, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and medical device industries. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

United States · www.albemarle.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$5.38B+5.7%
Gross profit$668.72M-0.8%
Operating income-$367.08M+14.7%
Net income-$510.63M+17.5%
Cash from ops$1.33B+10.5%
Quotation

$130.48

+2.14 (+1.7%)

52w hi$215.07
52w lo$71.61
Vol1.53M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.84

Short-1.02
Medium-0.96
Long-0.21

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Albemarle Corporation

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$15.40B
Enterprise value$18.01B
Trailing P/E483.26x
Forward P/E11.32x
EV / EBITDA12.15x
P / S (ttm)2.61x
Profit margin3.8%
Return on equity2.6%
Revenue growth+31.1%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity18.98
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.63
Corr SPX0.44
Annual vol59.9%
Annual ret+41.1%
Sharpe0.69
Max DD-54.4%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.33
Sector+0.03
Technical-0.61
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$128.00$133.67$127.36$130.481.53M
Aug 12$131.77$132.33$127.56$128.341.92M
Aug 11$130.45$132.47$128.62$129.361.48M
Aug 10$131.38$133.22$129.00$131.212.42M
Aug 7$129.25$132.99$125.64$131.112.63M