ALB Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has a net margin of -11.31% compared to Albemarle Corp.'s net margin of 10.03%. Albemarle Corp.'s return on equity of 0.21% beat Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.'s return on equity of 13.86%.

Albemarle Corp. has a consensus price target of $172.62, signalling upside risk potential of 1.17%. On the other hand Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $61.22 which suggests that it could grow by 1.64%. Given that Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has higher upside potential than Albemarle Corp., analysts believe Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. is more attractive than Albemarle Corp..

Albemarle Corp. has a beta of 1.410, which suggesting that the stock is 40.958% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has a beta of 1.457, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 45.724%.

Albemarle Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.95%. Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. offers a yield of 0.5% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share. Albemarle Corp. pays 27.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. pays out 39.28% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Albemarle Corp. quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are smaller than Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. quarterly revenues of $5.6B. Albemarle Corp.'s net income of -$147.9M is lower than Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.'s net income of $565M. Notably, Albemarle Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 43.27x while Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.'s PE ratio is 39.78x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Albemarle Corp. is 4.06x versus 3.41x for Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

LSB Industries, Inc. has a net margin of -11.31% compared to Albemarle Corp.'s net margin of 4.58%. Albemarle Corp.'s return on equity of 0.21% beat LSB Industries, Inc.'s return on equity of -0.14%.

Albemarle Corp. has a consensus price target of $172.62, signalling upside risk potential of 1.17%. On the other hand LSB Industries, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $11.15 which suggests that it could grow by 20.02%. Given that LSB Industries, Inc. has higher upside potential than Albemarle Corp., analysts believe LSB Industries, Inc. is more attractive than Albemarle Corp..

Albemarle Corp. has a beta of 1.410, which suggesting that the stock is 40.958% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison LSB Industries, Inc. has a beta of 0.752, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 24.769%.

Albemarle Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.95%. LSB Industries, Inc. offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Albemarle Corp. pays 27.41% of its earnings as a dividend. LSB Industries, Inc. pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. Albemarle Corp.'s payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Albemarle Corp. quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are larger than LSB Industries, Inc. quarterly revenues of $155.4M. Albemarle Corp.'s net income of -$147.9M is lower than LSB Industries, Inc.'s net income of $7.1M. Notably, Albemarle Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 43.27x while LSB Industries, Inc.'s PE ratio is 198.25x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Albemarle Corp. is 4.06x versus 1.14x for LSB Industries, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

The Mosaic Co. has a net margin of -11.31% compared to Albemarle Corp.'s net margin of 12.29%. Albemarle Corp.'s return on equity of 0.21% beat The Mosaic Co.'s return on equity of 10.32%.

Albemarle Corp. has a consensus price target of $172.62, signalling upside risk potential of 1.17%. On the other hand The Mosaic Co. has an analysts' consensus of $32.51 which suggests that it could grow by 18.22%. Given that The Mosaic Co. has higher upside potential than Albemarle Corp., analysts believe The Mosaic Co. is more attractive than Albemarle Corp..

Albemarle Corp. has a beta of 1.410, which suggesting that the stock is 40.958% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison The Mosaic Co. has a beta of 0.941, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 5.918%.

Albemarle Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.95%. The Mosaic Co. offers a yield of 0.8% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share. Albemarle Corp. pays 27.41% of its earnings as a dividend. The Mosaic Co. pays out 154.02% of its earnings as a dividend. Albemarle Corp.'s payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but The Mosaic Co.'s is not.

Albemarle Corp. quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are smaller than The Mosaic Co. quarterly revenues of $3.5B. Albemarle Corp.'s net income of -$147.9M is lower than The Mosaic Co.'s net income of $424.1M. Notably, Albemarle Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 43.27x while The Mosaic Co.'s PE ratio is 7.13x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Albemarle Corp. is 4.06x versus 0.74x for The Mosaic Co.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Nucor Corp. has a net margin of -11.31% compared to Albemarle Corp.'s net margin of 5.5%. Albemarle Corp.'s return on equity of 0.21% beat Nucor Corp.'s return on equity of 9.41%.

Albemarle Corp. has a consensus price target of $172.62, signalling upside risk potential of 1.17%. On the other hand Nucor Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $185.31 which suggests that it could grow by 4.27%. Given that Nucor Corp. has higher upside potential than Albemarle Corp., analysts believe Nucor Corp. is more attractive than Albemarle Corp..

Albemarle Corp. has a beta of 1.410, which suggesting that the stock is 40.958% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Nucor Corp. has a beta of 1.871, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 87.125%.

Albemarle Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.95%. Nucor Corp. offers a yield of 1.24% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.56 per share. Albemarle Corp. pays 27.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Nucor Corp. pays out 29.39% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Albemarle Corp. quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are smaller than Nucor Corp. quarterly revenues of $7.7B. Albemarle Corp.'s net income of -$147.9M is lower than Nucor Corp.'s net income of $423M. Notably, Albemarle Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 43.27x while Nucor Corp.'s PE ratio is 23.58x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Albemarle Corp. is 4.06x versus 1.26x for Nucor Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.