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Albemarle (MIC:ALB-RM) 5-Year Sharpe Ratio : N/A (As of Jul. 17, 2025)


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What is Albemarle 5-Year Sharpe Ratio?

The 5-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of increase in risk over the past five years. As of today (2025-07-17), Albemarle's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio is Not available.


Competitive Comparison of Albemarle's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Albemarle's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Sharpe Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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Albemarle's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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Albemarle 5-Year Sharpe Ratio Calculation

The 5-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the performance of an investment such as a stock or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset in the last five years. A stock / portfolio's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the five-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the investment returns over the past five years.


Albemarle  (MIC:ALB-RM) 5-Year Sharpe Ratio Explanation

The 5-Year Sharpe Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past five years. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average five-year monthly excess returns divided by its standard deviation in the five-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

The greater a portfolio's Sharpe Ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance. A negative Sharpe Ratio means the risk-free rate is greater than the portfolio’s historical or projected return, or else the portfolio's return is expected to be negative.


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Albemarle Business Description

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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. It is also a major producer of oil refining catalysts.

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