ALB Stock — Albemarle Corp.

Albemarle Corp. (ALB)

ALB is a Stock. As of September 3, 2026, its distribution rate is 1.18%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.23%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 76/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 3067.9% over the past 32.5 years, 263.7 points ahead of SPY at 2804.2%.

At the current 1.18% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $118 per year, or $9.83 per month on an equivalent basis. Actual quarterly payments vary.

Albemarle Corporation is a specialty chemicals company that provides energy storage solutions, particularly lithium compounds for batteries in electric vehicles and consumer electronics, along with bromine-based products, lithium specialties, and catalyst technologies serving automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets. The company pays a modest quarterly dividend. Albemarle appeals to income investors seeking exposure to the energy transition and specialty chemicals sectors.

ALB performance versus SPY

Data as of September 3, 2026.

Total return is 3067.9% over the past 32.5 years, 263.7 points ahead of SPY at 2804.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 47.4%.

ALB key facts

Data as of September 3, 2026.

Distribution Safety Score™

76 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.90%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/22/1994

Distribution rate

1.18%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.23%

5-year average yield

1.18

Last close

$132.16

Market cap

$15,595,548,333

Average volume

2861479.0

Next dividend

$0.41

Next ex-dividend date

09/11/2026

Next payment date

10/01/2026

Beta

1.317

Payout ratio

0.2717

P/E ratio

489.48

Forward P/E

18.1159

EPS

$0.27

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.18%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (1.23%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. We show a 30-day SEC yield when the fund publishes one. Schwab and other issuers may report a TTM distribution yield or SEC yield on a different date — all can be valid; they are not interchangeable. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss. Figures below use Dividend Vision data as of September 3, 2026.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology · SEC yield

Sources and review

Data as of September 3, 2026.

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ALB risks and drawbacks

ALB's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 47.4%.

Who may consider ALB — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ALB pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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