ALB
AlbemarleCNYSE / Materials
Last Price
At close
2026-07-18
Current thesis
Post-earnings bull framing is straightforward: Energy Storage pricing and volume both improved, Specialties also grew, cost/productivity actions are tracking to a $100-$150 million full-year target, and debt reduction improved financial flexibility. Early revision signals were positive but still thin at T+3: UBS reiterated Buy with a $230 target, and visible post-print coverage also showed at least one target increase elsewhere.
Posture
Mixed
Lead driver
Sentiment
What changed
Sentiment remains the lead driver in the composite, 7D delta 0.0.
What can break
Delayed analyst revision breadth is still limited at T+3, so the strength of the earnings rerating is not yet fully confirmed by broad estimate changes.
Momentum
11
Value
47
Sentiment
84
Setup hits (3d)
0 · Net Neutral
AI TargetsBase $200.00 · Bull $230.00 · Bear $165.00
Data freshness
Prices
As of 2026-07-18
Fundamentals
As of 2026-07-17 • Vendor: Data Vendor v1
Scores
As of 2026-07-18 • Model: HYBRID_IC_RP
AI Memo
As of 2026-05-08 • Model: RankAlpha Sentiment Codex
Investment thesisAs of 2026-07-18
Investment thesis
As of 2026-07-18
Supporting evidence
What
Grade C · Mixed
Confidence Medium · Net Neutral
Target $211.44
Why
Momentum11 · Δ7d -9.1
Value47 · Δ7d +0.1
Sentiment84 · Δ7d 0.0
So what
Balanced signals (Net Neutral). Wait for confirmation before sizing up.
Lead driver: Sentiment · See AI snapshot
Momentum
11
26% active weight
Current posture
7d trendSoftening
Δ7d
-9.1
Δ21d
-11.2
Value
47
39% active weight
Current posture
7d trendFlat
Δ7d
+0.1
Δ21d
+0.6
Sentiment
84
34% active weight
Current posture
7d trendFlat
Δ7d
0.0
Δ21d
+4.5
Why this grade
Composite grade C. Momentum 10.7 / Value 46.8 / Sentiment 83.6
Fundamentals (TTM)As of 2026-07-17
Fundamentals (TTM)
As of 2026-07-17
Market Cap
$14.24B
Beta
1.44
Shares Out
117.94M
P/E (TTM) · Derived
-21.0
P/S (TTM)
3.48
P/FCF (TTM) · Derived
65.01
Rev YoY
+32.7%
EPS YoY
-80748.3%
Gross Margin
+18.5%
Op Margin
-2.9%
Net Debt
$1.7B
Current Ratio
2.07
As of 2026-07-18 • Updated nightlySource: Internal modelMethodology