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    Albemarle Corporation (ALB)

    Price:

    185.12 USD

    ( - -10.75 USD)

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    Symbol
    ALB
    Name
    Albemarle Corporation
    Industry
    Chemicals - Specialty
    Sector
    Basic Materials
    Price
    185.120
    Market Cap
    21.816B
    Enterprise value
    18.326B
    Currency
    USD
    Ceo
    Jerry Kent Jr.
    Full Time Employees
    8300
    Ipo Date
    1994-02-22
    City
    Charlotte
    Address
    4250 Congress Street

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    Market Cap
    907.061M
    Industry
    Chemicals - Specialty
    Sector
    Basic Materials
    FUNDAMENTALS
    P/E
    -42.671
    P/S
    4.242
    P/B
    2.286
    Debt/Equity
    0.346
    EV/FCF
    33.929
    Price to operating cash flow
    -1.000
    Price to free cash flow
    -1.000
    EV/sales
    4.568
    Earnings yield
    -0.023
    Debt/assets
    0.201
    FUNDAMENTALS
    Net debt/ebidta
    2.239
    Interest coverage
    0.429
    Research And Developement To Revenue
    0.010
    Intangile to total assets
    0.105
    Capex to operating cash flow
    0.460
    Capex to revenue
    0.115
    Capex to depreciation
    0.895
    Return on tangible assets
    -0.035
    Debt to market cap
    0.151
    Piotroski Score
    5.000
    FUNDAMENTALS
    PEG
    0.173
    P/CF
    17.979
    P/FCF
    33.334
    RoA %
    -3.118
    RoIC %
    0.608
    Gross Profit Margin %
    13.060
    Quick Ratio
    1.573
    Current Ratio
    2.229
    Net Profit Margin %
    -9.929
    Net-Net
    -32.383
    FUNDAMENTALS PER SHARE
    FCF per share
    5.883
    Revenue per share
    43.693
    Net income per share
    -4.338
    Operating cash flow per share
    10.894
    Free cash flow per share
    5.883
    Cash per share
    13.747
    Book value per share
    83.104
    Tangible book value per share
    68.543
    Shareholders equity per share
    80.996
    Interest debt per share
    29.773
    TECHNICAL
    52 weeks high
    195.690
    52 weeks low
    49.430
    Current trading session High
    193.340
    Current trading session Low
    181.950
    DIVIDEND
    Dividend yield
    0.875%
    Payout ratio
    -70.0%
    Years of div. Increase
    27.000
    Years of div.
    32.000
    Q-shift
    1.000
    Dividend per share
    1.620
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    Country
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    Sector
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
    0.01408041%
    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
    -26.946
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Sector
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    Sector
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
    21.796
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    CL
    Sector
    Basic Materials
    Industry
    Chemicals - Specialty
    Dividend yield
    0.0015086749%
    Payout Ratio
    1.1258384%
    P/E
    43.319
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    Country
    BR
    Sector
    Basic Materials
    Industry
    Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
    Dividend yield
    0.016046328%
    Payout Ratio
    16.64281%
    P/E
    5.404
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    Country
    US
    Sector
    Basic Materials
    Industry
    Chemicals - Specialty
    Dividend yield
    0.020467553%
    Payout Ratio
    -18.037136%
    P/E
    -8.813
    DESCRIPTION

    Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Lithium, Bromine, and Catalysts. The Lithium segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and lithium specialties; and reagents, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride for use in lithium batteries for consumer electronics and electric vehicles, high performance greases, thermoplastic elastomers for car tires, rubber soles, plastic bottles, catalysts for chemical reactions, organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, life sciences, pharmaceutical industry, and other markets. It also provides cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications that include airbag initiators; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Bromine segment offers bromine and bromine-based fire safety solutions; specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals for use in chemical synthesis, oil and gas well drilling and completion fluids, mercury control, water purification, beef and poultry processing, and other industrial applications; and other specialty chemicals, such as tertiary amines for surfactants, biocides, and disinfectants and sanitizers. The Catalysts segment provides hydroprocessing, isomerization, and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection markets. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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