ALB ALBEMARLE CORP
2026Q2 · CUSIP 012653101 · Sector: Materials
Funds leaving and price falling — historically weak for the next six months
918 funds held ALB at the end of 2026Q2, down 63 from the quarter before. Buying is stronger than only 1.7% of US stocks, and the price fell over the same quarter — funds leaving and price weakness at the same time. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $5.9B(YoY +18.3%), the P/E is 529.8x, return on equity is 2.2%. ALB has had 24 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +12.8% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Materials sector.
How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter
Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.
What happened after each past buying rush 24 times in its history
| Quarter of the rush | How unusual then | Price, next 3 months | Price, next 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Q1 | Top 5% | — | — |
| 2025Q4 | Top 5% | +1.3% | — |
| 2025Q3 | Top 5% | +43.5% | +45.4% |
| 2022Q4 | Top 10% | -26.3% | -35.6% |
| 2022Q3 | Top 1% in the market | -9.9% | -28.6% |
| 2022Q2 | Top 5% | +6.7% | +3.2% |
| 2021Q4 | Top 5% | -3.9% | +14.0% |
| 2021Q3 | Top 1% in the market | -27.8% | -12.2% |
These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.
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These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.
8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.
Fundamentals
Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable
P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden
FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden
As of 2026-06-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)
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