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Albemarle Corporation
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Albemarle Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $5.91 billion, up 18% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.34 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.46 billion, down 52% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.06 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 1 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 11, 2026): 3 risk factors added, 4 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q2 2026: $3.0 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 947 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−44 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Albemarle Corporation is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Retrenching · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Retrenching
- Capital spending16th pct
- Debt raised8th pct
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings14th pct
- Deals and private raises91st pct
- Patent publications43rd pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment78th pct
- Call confidence77th pct
- Guidance changes89th pct
- Risk factors added20th pct
- Insider open-market trades43rd pct
- + Guidance changes
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver42nd pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Albemarle Corporation's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$2.0B
- Due within a year $0.1B
- Longer term $1.9B
- Default point $1.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Albemarle Corporation, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralAlbemarle: I'm Buying The World's Biggest Lithium Producer (NYSE:ALB)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 11, 2026
- NeutralAlbemarle: The Number That Matters Isn't In Q3 Report (NYSE:ALB)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 10, 2026
- NeutralAlbemarle taps BHP veteran Udd as next CEO
Lithium giant picks a resources veteran to steer the company as battery-metal demand accelerates worldwide.
MINING.COM · Sep 3, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 13, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ALBEMARLE CORPORATION)third_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Sep 29, 2026Patent
- Sep 3, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 25, 2026Patent
- Aug 21, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 28, 2026Patent
- Jul 23, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 14, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ALBEMARLE CORPORATION)second_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
- Jun 5, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 8, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 8, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 21, 2026Patent
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ALBEMARLE CORPORATION)first_quarter 2026 · $0.7 million
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 17, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 25, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Mar 6, 20268-KAcquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
- Mar 4, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 11, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)3 risk factors added, 4 removed
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jan 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ALBEMARLE CORPORATION)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.6 million
- Dec 12, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 27, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Oct 27, 20258-KMaterial impairmentItem 2.06
- Aug 12, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 4, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 9, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 12, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)3 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 11, 2024Risk eventEPA administrative case: ALBEMARLE CORPORATION$0.2 million
- Oct 31, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 15, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 2 removed
Peers
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