Albemarle (ALB) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.75
- Estimate
- $3.24
- Surprise
- +15.7%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $1.74B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.6 → 6.5/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Albemarle (ALB) beat the $3.24 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.75 — a large 15.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.6/10) to Hold at 6.5/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ALB Hold at 6.5/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +15.7% surprise compares with a +52.5% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: net sales to foreign countries (83.0%)
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.4)
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $97.52
- Price target
- $148.25
- Stop
- $93.13
- Upside to target
- +52.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 7.8:1
The stock trades at 361.7× trailing but 8.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 20 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ALB at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $11.52B
- P/E (fwd)
- 8.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 361.7
- 52-week range
- $88.01–$221.00
- Off 52-week high
- 55.9%
- RSI (14)
- 20
- Volume vs avg
- 0.74×
- Score today
- 6.5/10