Albemarle Corporation

ALB stock score: 45/100

$94.47 · -1.36% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
32
Fundamental
58
News
55

The reading

Albemarle (ALB) scores 45 out of 100, which reads weak, higher than 31% of Basic Materials stocks and 30% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 32, fundamentals 58.

Among the fundamentals, Fair Value at 100 and Revenue Quality (Quarterly) at 100 score highest, while Trailing P/E at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 20 and contrarian oscillators 76 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 55; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 42 to 68, and it is down 19 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward ALB’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

58

Pulling it up

  • Fair Value100

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

  • Operating Margins97

    Operating margins measure profitability after operating expenses.

Holding it back

  • Trailing P/E0

    Trailing P/E ratio uses the last 12 months of actual earnings.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)1

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • Return on Assets (ROA)4

    Return on Assets (ROA) shows how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate profit.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

27

Pulling it up

  • RSI (14)96

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

  • Money Flow Index (14)93

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)88

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Performance vs SPY0

    Performance versus SPY compares the stock's returns to the S&P 500 index.

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
55

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly441
Daily273
Weekly252
Monthly312
Quarterly422

Composite score, last 90 days

05010045Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 64Jul 26, 2026: 64Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 67Jul 29, 2026: 44Jul 30, 2026: 45Jul 31, 2026: 42Aug 2, 2026: 49Aug 3, 2026: 48Aug 4, 2026: 45Aug 5, 2026: 44Aug 6, 2026: 49Aug 7, 2026: 54Aug 8, 2026: 54Aug 9, 2026: 53Aug 10, 2026: 55Aug 11, 2026: 54Aug 12, 2026: 53Aug 13, 2026: 54Aug 14, 2026: 57Aug 15, 2026: 57Aug 16, 2026: 57Aug 17, 2026: 56Aug 18, 2026: 55Aug 19, 2026: 56Aug 20, 2026: 56Aug 22, 2026: 59Aug 23, 2026: 59Aug 24, 2026: 58Aug 25, 2026: 53Aug 26, 2026: 54Aug 27, 2026: 55Aug 28, 2026: 57Aug 29, 2026: 57Aug 30, 2026: 57Aug 31, 2026: 54Sep 1, 2026: 55Sep 2, 2026: 56Sep 3, 2026: 53Sep 4, 2026: 49Sep 5, 2026: 50Sep 6, 2026: 50Sep 7, 2026: 51Sep 8, 2026: 53Sep 9, 2026: 51Sep 10, 2026: 49Sep 11, 2026: 48Sep 12, 2026: 48Sep 13, 2026: 48Sep 14, 2026: 48Sep 15, 2026: 47Sep 16, 2026: 46Sep 17, 2026: 48Sep 18, 2026: 47Sep 19, 2026: 47Sep 20, 2026: 47Sep 21, 2026: 48Sep 22, 2026: 50Sep 23, 2026: 49Sep 24, 2026: 47Sep 25, 2026: 47Sep 26, 2026: 47Sep 27, 2026: 47Sep 28, 2026: 45Sep 29, 2026: 47Sep 30, 2026: 46Oct 1, 2026: 46Oct 2, 2026: 46Oct 3, 2026: 46Oct 4, 2026: 46Oct 5, 2026: 45Oct 6, 2026: 47Oct 7, 2026: 46Oct 8, 2026: 45Oct 9, 2026: 46Oct 10, 2026: 45Oct 11, 2026: 45Oct 12, 2026: 45Oct 13, 2026: 45Oct 14, 2026: 45Oct 15, 2026: 45Oct 16, 2026: 44Oct 17, 2026: 45Oct 18, 2026: 45Oct 19, 2026: 44Oct 20, 2026: 46Oct 21, 2026: 45
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 21, 202645
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Sep 22, 202650
Sep 21, 202648
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Jul 31, 202642
Jul 30, 202645
Jul 29, 202644
Jul 28, 202667
Jul 27, 202668
Jul 26, 202664
Jul 25, 202664

Key facts

Market cap
$11.1B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Beta
1.36
Risk grade (1–10)
7
Next earnings
Nov 4, 2026

Specialty Chemicals peers

CompanyMarket capScore
SQM Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$17.2B59
RPM RPM International$12.8B55
SSL Sasol$10.2B64
ESI Element Solutions$8.7B57
NEU NewMarket$8.1B61
WLK Westlake$8.0B37

Questions

What is ALB's stock score today?

ALB scores 45/100 (Weak) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 32, fundamental 58, and news sentiment 55, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is ALB a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 45 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean weak today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the ALB score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.