The Mysterious Tale of "America's No. 1 Retirement Stock"
This factory of 53,000 employees, in Burbank, CA, was camouflaged to look like a sleepy suburb (with the help of artists, set designers, and painters from nearby Hollywood movie studios). The mysterious company behind this disappearing act is now being called "America's No. 1 Retirement Stock".
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 3.52 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.91 |
| Profit Margin | 0.12 |
| Return on Assets | 0.03 |
| Return on Equity | 0.10 |
| Revenue | 3,128,909,056 |
| Earnings Per Share | 3.52 |
| Revenue Per Share | 29.41 |
| Gross Profit | 995,553,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | -0.11 |
General
| Name | Albemarle Corporation |
| Ticker | ALB |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 5,900 |
About Albemarle Corporation
Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Lithium, Bromine Specialties, and Catalysts. The Lithium segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and lithium specialties; and reagents, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride for use in lithium batteries for consumer electronics and electric vehicles, high performance greases, thermoplastic elastomers for car tires, rubber soles, plastic bottles, catalysts for chemical reactions, organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, life sciences, pharmaceutical industry, and other markets. It also provides cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Bromine Specialties segment offers bromine and bromine-based fire safety solutions; specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals for use in chemical synthesis, oil and gas well drilling and completion fluids, mercury control, water purification, beef and poultry processing, and other industrial applications; and other specialty chemicals, such as tertiary amines, biocides, disinfectants, and sanitizers. The Catalysts segment provides hydroprocessing, isomerization, and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, crop protection, and custom chemistry services markets. Albemarle Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dividend
Albemarle Corporation pays out a dividend of $1.54 per share, with a dividend yield of 1.36%.
ALB's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on April 1, 2021.
They pay out 37.50% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Apr 1, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Jan 2, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Oct 2, 2023 | $0.40 |
| Jul 3, 2023 | $0.40 |
| Apr 3, 2023 | $0.40 |
| Jan 3, 2023 | $0.40 |
| Oct 3, 2022 | $0.40 |
| Jul 1, 2022 | $0.40 |
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