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Albemarle Corp (ALB) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ALB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
ALB+1.9%−1.2%−15.8%−17.8%
Circular Economy & Resource Security+1.0%+1.5%−5.1%—
HALO Growth 100+0.5%+0.7%−4.9%—

Against the index: 1.9 pts behind on the week, 10.9 pts behind on the month; against its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve 10.7 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Day one of the trendline test goes to the bounce — all four semi funds green with SOXX back above 505” (2026-08-25)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where ALB appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Materials in US: +1.3% week · −4.7% month · −0.4% quarter · +7.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta −0.02 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How ALB has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.02 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Albemarle Corp moved −0.02% on average · correlation 0.00 · higher than 8% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.58 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.99% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −4.60% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security

Waste collection, recycling tech, critical-mineral upstream. Resource scarcity + ESG mandates re-pricing the take-back loop.

Compared against ALB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Albemarle Corp

ALB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Albemarle produces lithium compounds such as lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide for batteries used in electric vehicles, consumer electronics and grid storage. It also makes bromine-based specialty chemicals for fire safety and other industrial uses, and refining catalysts through its Ketjen unit. The company runs three segments — Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen — and is based in Charlotte in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
Albemarle carries no seat in our Rubin AI build-out index. It sits in the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve, which groups critical-mineral upstream names exposed to resource scarcity and take-back economics.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with names in the same sleeve — Freeport-McMoran, Ivanhoe Mines, MP Materials, Tomra Systems, Veolia, Xylem, Waste Connections and Clean Harbors — grouped for their exposure to critical minerals, recycling and resource security. The market also compares it with SQM as a lithium producer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Albemarle holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where cash quality is the strongest module and momentum the weakest. The diary's Midday 10 has quoted it as the sharpest decliner on the tape during a session when it dropped against a rising semiconductor tape.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether lithium pricing and battery demand stabilise, since the stock's chart shows sustained weakness against both its 50-day and 200-day trend and a run of consecutive down sessions.

Albemarle Corp (ALB) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 39/100 composite (momentum 4, quality 36, valuation 57) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by BMO Capital, 2026-10-06

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ALB from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BMO Capital — target 175 from 200 Target cut to $175 from $200 (+63.7% to spot) 2026-10-06
  • Price target UBS — target 150 from 175 Target cut to $150 from $175 (+43.4% to spot) 2026-10-05
  • Price target Mizuho — target 130 from 140 Target cut to $130 from $140 (+22.9% to spot) 2026-10-01

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.53%, quarterly · buybacks 3 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ALB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.63 USD per share · a 1.53% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +0.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.62 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.41 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-11
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.40 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.61 USD · 2025: 1.62 USD · 2026: 1.22 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 357 m USD 27% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 3 m USD 0.0% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.2% in FY2025 40 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 361 m USD · 52% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Albemarle Corp (ALB)?

Albemarle Corp trades as ALB on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is ALB in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Albemarle Corp is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-10-07.

What is Albemarle Corp's Closelooknet composite score?

39 out of 100, with momentum 4, quality 36 and valuation 57 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ALB trade against its moving averages?

Target cut to $175: BMO Capital cut its price target to $175 from $200 (2026-10-06). As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is ALB doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Albemarle Corp is −15.8% against −4.9% for the HALO Growth 100 — 10.9 points behind its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve is −5.1% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Albemarle Corp compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security), Albemarle Corp (ALB) sits 52.8% below its 52-week high, 14.8% below its 50-day average; Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (FCX) is 9.5% below, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN.TO) is 39.8% below, MP Materials Corp (MP) is 53.3% below. Put any of them next to ALB in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Albemarle Corp trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Albemarle Corp had a beta of −0.02 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 8% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.99% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Albemarle Corp?

Albemarle Corp appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: Day one of the trendline test goes to the bounce — all four semi funds green with SOXX back above 505 (2026-08-25); Daily Pulse: Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials (2026-08-24). What Closelooknet said most recently: ALB drops 5.28% to 134.04, the sharpest decliner on the tape by midday. (Midday 10, 2026-08-25). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Albemarle Corp do?

Albemarle produces lithium compounds such as lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide for batteries used in electric vehicles, consumer electronics and grid storage. It also makes bromine-based specialty chemicals for fire safety and other industrial uses, and refining catalysts through its Ketjen unit. The company runs three segments — Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen — and is based in Charlotte in the United States. Closelooknet's peer group places it with names in the same sleeve — Freeport-McMoran, Ivanhoe Mines, MP Materials, Tomra Systems, Veolia, Xylem, Waste Connections and Clean Harbors — grouped for their exposure to critical minerals, recycling and resource security. The market also compares it with SQM as a lithium producer.

Where does Albemarle Corp sit in the AI build-out?

Albemarle carries no seat in our Rubin AI build-out index. It sits in the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve, which groups critical-mineral upstream names exposed to resource scarcity and take-back economics. Albemarle holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where cash quality is the strongest module and momentum the weakest. The diary's Midday 10 has quoted it as the sharpest decliner on the tape during a session when it dropped against a rising semiconductor tape.

Does Albemarle Corp pay a dividend?

Albemarle Corp has paid 1.63 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.53% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.41 USD on 2026-09-11. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 357 m USD in dividends and bought back 3 m USD of its own shares, 52% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.2% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Albemarle Corp recently?

The most recent analyst action on Albemarle Corp on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by BMO Capital on 2026-10-06 (target 175 from 200). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ALB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Specialty Chemicals. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.