Albemarle (ALB) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.58
- Estimate
- $2.53
- Surprise
- +2.0%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.55B
- Score today
- 6.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Albemarle (ALB) beat the $2.53 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.58 — a modest 2.0% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Albemarle Affirms FY2026 Sales Guidance of $5.700B-$6.000B vs $6.069B Est — benzinga, 2026-11-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ALB Hold at 6.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +2.0% surprise compares with a +33.4% four-quarter average.
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
- $94.97
- Price target
- $139.21
- Stop
- $88.32
- Upside to target
- +46.6%
- Reward-to-risk
- 6.4:1
The stock trades at 351.7× trailing but 9.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.3× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — 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
- $11.21B
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 351.7
- 52-week range
- $89.10–$221.00
- Off 52-week high
- 57.0%
- RSI (14)
- 44
- Volume vs avg
- 2.27×
- Score today
- 6.9/10