ALB

ALBEMARLE CORP

NYSE· Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers· Inc. VA· CIK 0000915913 Battery & Energy StorageMaterials & Mining

$93.42 −0.25 (−0.27%)

Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $93.67

Market cap

$10.9B

Large cap

Consensus

Buy

67% Buy or better · 27 analysts

Median target

$161.00

+72% · range $83.28–211.00

Next earnings

Nov 4

in 9 days

1 year

−2.9%

from $96.23 · Oct 27

30 days

−13.0%

from $107.39

52-week range

$88.45–215.62

−57% from high · low Nov 4

Avg volume 20D

2.29M

shares / day

Short interest

11.76M

≈10.0% of shares · +5.9%

Days to cover

4.5

at average volume

Insider net

−$5.0M

0 buyers · 1 seller · since Feb 26

New fund stakes

Q2 2026 13F · 6 exits

SecBot read BULLISH 5 reports · 90 days

Balance 0 bearish · 1 bullish · 4 neutral oldest → newest, height = score

Avg score

·High conf. 3/5 ·Next Earnings date, Nov 4, 2026

Strongest NEUTRAL A mixed institutional cluster in ALB shows two small asset managers adding modest positions ($151K net…

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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

S Mar 10 1 insider sell $2.0M at $170.81
R May 6 Albemarle reported Q1 2026 net sales of $1.43B, up 33% YoY, and GAAP…
S May 15 1 insider sell $3.0M at $183.72
A May 26 Vertical Research upgrades
A Jun 18 Citigroup upgrades
R Aug 5 Albemarle reported Q2 2026 adjusted EPS of $3.75, beating consensus…
A Oct 13 Barclays initiates
A Oct 14 Mizuho upgrades

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

InsidersBEARISH

1 insider sold $5.0M.
InstitutionsMIXED

Q2 2026: 60 added (2 new), 45 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Jain Global $29.3M, Ing Groep Nv $11.3M.
AnalystsBULLISH

18 of 27 rate it Buy or better. Median target $161.00 (+72%).
Short sellersSTEADY

Short interest +5.9% to 11.76M shares. 4.5 days to cover, ≈10.0% of shares.
TrendDOWNTREND

19% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026

new positions

exits

$40.6M

in new stakes

Fund	Move	Shares	Value
BARCLAYS PLC	DOUBLED	3,296,551	$445.1M
MORGAN STANLEY	ADD	2,895,892	$391.0M
FMR LLC	DOUBLED	2,685,901	$362.7M
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	DOUBLED	1,664,371	$224.7M
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/	DOUBLED	973,486	$131.5M
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC	DOUBLED	875,071	$118.2M
Amundi	ADD	827,874	$111.8M
UBS Group AG	TRIM	590,584	$79.7M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

27 analysts

Buy 67% rate it Buy or better

Strong Buy6Buy12Hold9Sell0Strong Sell0

12-month targets · 21 analysts

$93.42 $83.28 $161.00 $211.00

Price is inside the target range. Median implies +72%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions

Date	Firm	Action	Rating
Oct 22, 2026	Citigroup MAINTAIN	MAINTAIN	Buy
Oct 20, 2026	Truist Securities MAINTAIN	MAINTAIN	Buy
Oct 15, 2026	RBC Capital MAINTAIN	MAINTAIN	Outperform
Oct 14, 2026	Mizuho UPGRADE	UPGRADE	Outperform
Oct 13, 2026	Barclays INITIATE	INITIATE	Equal-Weight
Oct 7, 2026	Argus Research MAINTAIN	MAINTAIN	Buy

Insider ledger

Form 4

bought · 0 insiders

$5.0M

sold · 1 insider

Date	Insider	Type	Value
Oct 1, 2026	Wolff Alejandro Daniel Director	AWARD	45 sh
Sep 14, 2026	Norris Eric Chief Commercial Officer	AWARD	10,867 sh
Sep 14, 2026	Mummert Mark Richard Chief Operations Officer	AWARD	6,086 sh
Sep 14, 2026	Gagarinas Autumn M. Chief People Officer	AWARD	5,217 sh
Sep 1, 2026	Hood Max Chief Accounting Officer	AWARD	1,476 sh
Jul 21, 2026	DESALLES BARTOLOMEO EDUARDO Director	AWARD	1,375 sh
Jul 1, 2026	STEINER GERALD A Director	AWARD	1,250 sh
Jul 1, 2026	STEINER GERALD A Director	AWARD	36 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates

Nov 4

reports in 9 days

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