Albemarle Corporation with ticker code (ALB) have now 24 analysts in total covering the stock. The consensus rating is pointing to ‘Buy’. The target price High/Low ranges between 498 and 155 suggesting an average Analsyt target price of $300.75. Now with the previous closing price of $203.01 and the analysts are correct then there would likely be a percentage uptick in value of 48.1%. Also worth taking note is the 50 day moving average now sits at $237.74 and the 200 moving average now moves to $252.97. The company has a market cap of $23,929m. Visit the company website at: https://www.albemarle.com
The potential market cap would be $35,450m based on the market consensus.
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 products used in 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, 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.
The company has a dividend yield of 0.78% with the ex dividend date set at 16-3-2023 (DMY).
Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 8.93, revenue per share of 62.5 and a 12.14% return on assets.
