ALB (Albemarle) Short Interest


ALB Albemarle Corp ALB
75 GF Score
Price $147.84
GF Value $83.50
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 4 Warning Signs
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What is Albemarle Short Interest?

Short Interest can be expressed as a percentage by dividing the number of shares sold short by the total number of outstanding shares.

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ALB vs LYB, DD, IFF: Short Interest Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Albemarle's Short Interest, along with its competitors' market caps and Short Interest data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Albemarle Short Interest vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Albemarle's Short Interest distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Albemarle's Short Interest falls into.


ALB
75GF Score
Albemarle Corp ALB
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Is Albemarle (ALB) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Albemarle stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $147.84 is trading 77.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of $83.50. GuruFocus considers Albemarle to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for ALB:

  • Short Interest:
  • GF Value™: $83.50 vs. price of $147.84 (77.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 75/100 with 4 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the ALB stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Albemarle Business Description

Address 4250 Congress Street, Suite 900, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28209
Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers. In the lithium industry, the majority of demand comes from batteries, where lithium is used as the energy storage material, particularly in electric vehicles. Albemarle is a fully integrated lithium producer. Its upstream resources include salt brine deposits in Chile and the US and two hard rock mines in Australia, both of which are joint ventures. The company operates lithium refining plants in Chile, the US, Australia, and China. Albemarle is a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants.
75GF Score

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$147.84
Price
$83.50
GF Value