Albemarle Corporation (ALB) earnings on May 6, 2026
More Albemarle Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
ALB stock jumped after earnings, climbing as much as 14% during the day before closing up about 3%. The gain surprised analysts expecting a drop.
ALB price around the earnings
198.70
Change: +3.1%
2026-05-08, 00:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
Mixed outlook: analyst upgrades, but weak market performance.
Analysts are positive about the company's growth prospects and have upgraded their ratings. However, the stock's recent performance shows it is not keeping up with the market, despite some positive news.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Mixed outlook: analyst upgrades, but weak market performance.
- Playbook
- The stock's market performance is a key factor; while analyst sentiment is improving, the stock's ability to track the market is central to the scenario.
- Trend
- Mixed momentum into event, underperforming SPY.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Two firms have upgraded their ratings and maintained buy recommendations with price targets.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.17
- Analysts covering the stock
- 22
- Average price target
- 197.47
- Lowest price target
- 83.28
- Highest price target
- 245
- Upside to price target
- 1%
- Revenue growth
- 15.9%
- Forward EPS
- 9.03
- Trailing EPS
- -5.77
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 6
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 9
- Hold: 13
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 9
- Hold
- 13
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 24, 2026 · RBC Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- April 22, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 21, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- April 21, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 17, 2026 · Baird: Downgrades rating (Outperform → Neutral)
- April 9, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Positive
More positive news items have been reported recently, and analyst upgrades are prominent.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (7)
- Albemarle Earnings Are Imminent; These Most Accurate Analysts Revise Forecasts Ahead Of Earnings Call — Benzinga
- RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Albemarle, Raises Price Target to $245 — Benzinga
- Truist Securities Maintains Buy on Albemarle, Raises Price Target to $245 — Benzinga
- Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Albemarle, Raises Price Target to $210 — Benzinga
- B of A Securities Maintains Buy on Albemarle, Raises Price Target to $225 — Benzinga
- Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Albemarle Stock In The Last 20 Years — Benzinga
- Baird Downgrades Albemarle to Neutral, Maintains Price Target to $210 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock is underperforming the market, even after a recent price increase.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 4.6%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -9.4%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -1.1%
- 30-day change
- +7.6%
- 30-day relative strength
- -4.4%
- Benchmark change
- +12.0%
- Nearest support
- 170.35
- Nearest resistance
- 215.7
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.86
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +64.2%
- February 11, 2026: actual EPS -0.53 vs estimate -0.49 (surprise -8.6%)
- November 5, 2025: actual EPS -0.19 vs estimate -0.88 (surprise +78.3%)
- July 30, 2025: actual EPS 0.11 vs estimate -0.81 (surprise +113.5%)
- April 30, 2025: actual EPS -0.18 vs estimate -0.68 (surprise +73.5%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Positive
The company has a strong history of exceeding earnings expectations by a significant margin.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3%
- 75th percentile move
- 5.1%
- 90th percentile move
- 9.5%
- Up / down moves
- 12 / 7
- Average up move
- +3.9%
- Average down move
- -5.1%
Monitoring and close
What Albemarle Corporation reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
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How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +3.0%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 14.7%