Global Demand for Defense Metals Is Surging 7X
Lithium, uranium and titanium are at the center of a global race. Nations are scrambling to secure them for fighter jets, EVs, and reactors. One N. American project could help fill the West's critical-minerals gap.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 117,690,000 |
| Shares Float | 116,900,000 |
| Shares Short | 10,080,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 38% |
| Institution Holdings | 95.64% |
About Albemarle Corp
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, specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics, organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. 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 chemicals 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 that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies, including hydroprocessing catalysts together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves 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.
General
| Name | Albemarle Corp |
| Ticker | ALB |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 8,300 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 104.45 |
| Market Cap | 14,741,600,000 |
| PEG Ratio | 16.23 |
| EBITDA | 696,873,984 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | -1.00 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | -0.73 |
| Profit Margin | -3.80% |
| Operating Margin | 0.51 |
| Return on Assets | 0.00 |
| Return on Equity | 0.00 |
| Revenue | 4.9B |
| Earnings Per Share | -1.59 |
| Revenue Per Share | 42.05 |
| Gross Profit | 612,798,016 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | -0.04 |
Valuation
| Forward PE | 256.41 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 2.76 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.77 |
Dividend
Albemarle Corp pays out a dividend of $1.62 per share, with a dividend yield of 1.30%.
ALB's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on January 2, 2026.
They pay out 0.00% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Jan 2, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.41 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.41 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | $0.41 |
| Jan 2, 2025 | $0.41 |
| Oct 1, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Jul 1, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Apr 1, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Jan 2, 2024 | $0.40 |
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