← BackALBEMARLE CORP · Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan ElastomersALB
Low riskNext report: In 7 days (est.)
The short versionA company still losing money with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 31% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Raised its dividend (1.7% yield)
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 6.8% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (425 bought, 507 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$93.43-0.3% that day
- Company value
- $11.0B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 359.3x
- You pay about $359 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 1.9x
- Company value is 1.9 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 1.7%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 15%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 29%
- Debt as a share of company value
From ALB's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$1.7B+31% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $5.9B, up 18% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 10% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-5.2%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.33x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-9.9%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.8 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$692.5M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-0.1% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.13.0%
- Revenue
- $5.1B
- -4.4% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +10.4%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $3.2B
- 0.33x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.23x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- Revenue
- $1.7B
- +31.1% YoY
- EPS
- $3.52
- vs -$0.16
- Op. margin
- 26.0%
- +22.4 pts
- Gross margin
- 33.9%
- +19.1 pts
- Free cash flow
- $638.3M
- Share count
- +15.8%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.9
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+6.8%Institutions added 6.8% to their holdings. 425 bought, 507 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions116.0M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+0.2%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.2x · $1.9B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
118MNext reportIn 7 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 5
- Results filedMay 6
- Results filedFeb 11
- Results filedNov 5, 2025
- Results filedJul 30, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Stock awardAlejandro Daniel WolffDirector
45 shares
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 13,089 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardAutumn M. GagarinasChief People Officer
5,217 shares
- +97% of holdings
- Now owns 10,610 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardMark Richard MummertChief Operations Officer
6,086 shares
- +35% of holdings
- Now owns 23,601 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardEric NorrisChief Commercial Officer
10,867 shares
- +20% of holdings
- Now owns 64,310 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardMax HoodChief Accounting Officer
1,476 shares
- Now owns 1,476 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardBartolomeo Eduardo DesallesDirector
1,375 shares
- Now owns 1,375 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade