Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Albemarle Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Albemarle Corporation’s stock price such as:

• Albemarle Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why Albemarle Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for ALB from analysts
• ALB’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Albemarle Corporation (ALB)

Before we jump into Albemarle Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

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.

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Albemarle Corporation’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of April 23, 2025, 12:46 PM, CST, Albemarle Corporation’s stock price was $56.120.

Albemarle Corporation is up 2.46% from its previous closing price of $54.770.

During the last market session, Albemarle Corporation’s stock traded between $55.550 and $59.930. Currently, there are approximately 117.55 million shares outstanding for Albemarle Corporation.

Albemarle Corporation’s trailing earnings per share are negative, so the stock does not have a meaningful P/E ratio. We suggest investors evaluate other financial metrics to understand its overall valuation.

Albemarle Corporation Stock Price History

Albemarle Corporation’s (ALB) price is currently down 22.08% so far this month.

During the month of April, Albemarle Corporation’s stock price has reached a high of $73.640 and a low of $49.430.

Over the last year, Albemarle Corporation has hit prices as high as $137.496 and as low as $49.430. Year to date, Albemarle Corporation’s stock is down 34.8%.

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What Caused Albemarle Corporation Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of April 22, 2025, there were 4 analysts who downgraded Albemarle Corporation’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Albemarle Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Albemarle Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Albemarle Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a B, which means it is considered to be Value.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Albemarle Corporation (ALB) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Albemarle Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of April 22, 2025, Albemarle Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -19.60%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 12 and is considered to be Very Weak.

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Albemarle Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of April 23, 2025, Albemarle Corporation’s stock price is $56.120, which is up 2.46% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Albemarle Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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