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Albemarle Corp. Inc. (ALB) Price Performance: The Role of Share Buybacks and Stock Splits

The performance of the stock price over the year has been up and down, leaving investors with either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, depending on how they interpret the data. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded a decrease of -40.07%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been stronger by -28.16%. The price of ALB increased 4.60% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -3.03%.

The stock market performance of Albemarle Corp. has been fairly unsteady. Over the last year, the company’s stock hit its highest at $183.50 on 09/19/23, while the lowest price during the same time frame was $71.97, recorded on 08/14/24.

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52-week price history of ALB Stock

The history of a stock’s 52-week high and low prices can provide important information about its current state and future potential. Albemarle Corp.’s current trading price is -52.81% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 20.31%. The stock’s price range for this period has been between $71.97 and $183.50. The Basic Materials sector company’s shares saw a trading volume of about 3.2 million for the day, which was higher than the average daily volume of 3.16 million over the last three months.

The Connection Between Financial Performance and Market Capitalization

Albemarle Corp. (ALB) has experienced a quarterly decline of -13.01% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 10.18B and boasts a workforce of 9000 employees.

How Moving Averages and Trading Volume Data Work Together

Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 101.45, with a change in price of -28.39. Similarly, Albemarle Corp. recorded 2,914,650 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of -24.69%.

ALB’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio: A Comprehensive Review

A key metric for assessing a company’s financial well-being and market status is the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio is derived by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, and it demonstrates the level of debt a company uses to support its assets relative to shareholder equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for ALB stands at 0.33. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.32.

ALB Stock Stochastic Average

As of today, the raw stochastic average of Albemarle Corp. over the last 50 days is at 51.80%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 58.10%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 68.43% and 68.94%, respectively.

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