Albemarle Aktie News

Albemarle is rated a Buy, driven by aggressive cost-cutting, asset sales, and strategic positioning for a lithium market rebound into 2026. ALB's world-class assets, notably Salar de Atacama and Greenbushes, and expanded capacity position it to capitalize on projected lithium price and demand surges. Operating leverage and reduced fixed costs mean even modest lithium price increases could drive...

Mining company Albemarle is up about 15% since the start of the year because of soaring lithium prices and the possibility it could become an AI play.

Albemarle Corp  (NYSE:ALB) stock is up 2.5% to trade at $162.03 at last glance, after an upgrade at Baird to "outperform" from "neutral," with a price-target hike to $210 from $113.

Wall Street analysts believe rising demand can boost lithium prices and Albemarle's earnings.

Jefferies analyst Laurence Alexander boosted his target price for Albemarle stock.

Lithium prices are firming on imprived energy storage demand. Demand from electric vehicles will inevitably improve over time.

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat ETF (NOBL) underperformed SPY in 2025, gaining 7.2% versus SPY's 18.42%. Despite average underperformance, select Aristocrats like CAH (+74.18%), ALB (+66.90%), and CHRW (+61.22%) delivered strong double-digit returns. Dividend growth for the Aristocrats slowed to 5.52% in 2025, down from 5.78% in 2024, with 68 of 69 raising payouts.

Tesla as well as Newmont and two other mining giants were the S&P 500's biggest losers Monday. But all are still near 52-week highs.