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Albemarle Corp (ALB) is a publicly traded specialty chemicals business based in the US which employs around 8,300 staff. Albemarle is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $70.41 is 15.5% up on its price a month ago ($60.96).
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- Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
- Search the platform by ticker symbol. ALB in this case.
- Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
- Submit the order. It's that simple.
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Is it a good time to buy Albemarle stock?
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Technical analysis
View Albemarle's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $70.02
| 1 week (2025-07-09) | -1.09% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-06-16) | 14.86% |
| 3 months (2025-04-16) | 32.34% |
| 6 months (2025-01-16) | -28.18% |
| 1 year (2024-07-16) | -28.34% |
| 2 years (2023-07-16) | -70.54% |
| 3 years (2022-07-16) | -65.11% |
| 5 years (2020-07-16) | -20.85% |
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Is Albemarle under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Albemarle P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.
Albemarle's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9896. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Albemarle's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
However, it's sensible to consider Albemarle's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.
- Ecolab (ECL.US): 3.75
Albemarle's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $191.6 million (£143.1 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of Albemarle's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
- Ecolab (ECL.US): USD$3.6 billion
- Cambridge Cognition (COG.LSE): £-424000
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