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Thinking of Buying Albemarle (ALB)? Here's What You Need to Know.

Shares of Industrials sector company Albemarle moved -1.2% today, and are now trading at a price of $228.17. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 2,348,926 compared to its average volume of 2,298,811. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.0% performance.

Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. The company is based in Charlotte and has 7,400 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $26,772,555,776. Albemarle currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.7% per year.

25 analysts are following Albemarle and have set target prices ranging from $155.0 to $360.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, ALB is trading -13.42% away from its average analyst target price of $263.54 per share.

Over the last year, ALB's share price has increased by 5.5%, which represents a difference of -12.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $334.55 per share whereas its 52 week low is $171.82. Albemarle has averaged free cash flows of $-36798000.0 over the last 4 years, but they have been increasing at a rate of 55.7%. Nonetheless, more cautious investors will probably avoid this stock until the business becomes firmly cash positive.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cashflow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2022-12-31 1,907,849 -1,261,646 646,203 206.04
2021-12-31 344,257 -953,667 -609,410 -1081.87
2020-12-31 798,914 -850,477 -51,563 61.06
2019-12-31 719,374 -851,796 -132,422 n/a
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