ALB

-3.0%⚪ No clear catalyst

Albemarle Corporation · Basic Materials

$95.28Vol 2.22M · 0.9× normalMkt cap −$0.34BMarket closed — 2026-10-16 session

What happened

Move

-3.0%

Price

$95.28

Volume

2.22M

0.9× normal

Market cap

$11.24B

−$0.34B today

Why it moved

Analyst upgradelow confidence

RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Albemarle, Lowers Price Target to $129 — finnhub-news
Albemarle gains as Mizuho upgrades stock on surging energy storage demand — finnhub-news

Weak signal: analyst upgrade, 3.0pp below its sector.

Verdict — was the move justified?

⚪ No clear catalyst

No reliable catalyst was identified for this move.

How unusual is this move

σ score

1.2σ

vs own 20d volatility

Percentile

66th

of 1279 daily moves

Avg daily move

±2.6%

own 5y average

vs sector

-3.0%

beyond sector median

What happened after similar moves

195 similar down moves in ALB’s 5-year history:

After 5 days

-0.4%

47% higher

After 20 days

-2.3%

44% higher

Median of same-direction moves within ±35% magnitude band. Past patterns don’t predict outcomes — context, not signal.

Fundamental context

V 82G 45P 28H 63Q 77EW 38/65

Valuation context

P/E (TTM)

50.3

5y median 104.8

P/E percentile

34%

vs own 3y history

FCF yield

0.1%

Valuation sits near the middle of its own historical range (34th percentile).

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