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ALB Albemarle (ALB) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Materials · Plastic materials, synth resins & nonvulcan elastomers · CIK 0000915913
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
456
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about ALB

Insiders, 180 days
-$3.0M net sold
1 seller · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan
Congress, 1 year
No trades
Last one: sale, 2025-05-12

Albemarle insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, ALBEMARLE CORP insiders sold a net $3.0M of stock across 61 Form 4 purchases and sales, with no insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Chairman & CEO
SELL
2026-05-19 SECtraded 2026-05-15
11,867
$2.2M
-41.7%
Context
  • 6 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys, 4 sales), the last on Mar 10, 2026.
  • +18.4% median (+18.4% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 13.5% of the 88,219 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 456 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman & CEO Masters J Kent sold about $2.2M of ALB on May 15, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company since 2022; 456 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chairman & CEO
SELL
2026-05-19 SECtraded 2026-05-15
3,826
$700.6K
-41.7%
Context
  • 6 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys, 4 sales), the last on Mar 10, 2026.
  • +18.4% median (+18.4% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 3.8% of the 100,086 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 456 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman & CEO Masters J Kent sold about $700.6K of ALB on May 15, 2026; 456 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chairman & CEO
SELL
2026-05-19 SECtraded 2026-05-15
700
$129.2K
-41.7%
Context
  • 6 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys, 4 sales), the last on Mar 10, 2026.
  • +18.4% median (+18.4% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.8% of the 87,519 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 456 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman & CEO Masters J Kent sold about $129.2K of ALB on May 15, 2026; 456 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chairman & CEO
SELL
2026-03-12 SECtraded 2026-03-10
5,395
$918.6K
-37.3%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys, 1 sale), the last on Dec 5, 2024.
  • +18.4% median (+18.4% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 3.8% of the 141,016 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 456 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman & CEO Masters J Kent sold about $918.6K of ALB on Mar 10, 2026; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days and 456 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chairman & CEO
SELL
2026-03-12 SECtraded 2026-03-10
996
$171.1K
-37.3%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys, 1 sale), the last on Dec 5, 2024.
  • +18.4% median (+18.4% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.7% of the 134,628 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 456 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman & CEO Masters J Kent sold about $171.1K of ALB on Mar 10, 2026; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days and 456 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
61 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net -$3.0M over 180 days
below 82% of Materials
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
456 funds bought in last quarter
more than 93% of Materials
Revenue
-4.4% year over year
below 69% of Materials
Margin
-9.9% net margin
below 69% of Materials
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
10.0% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 4.5 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 87% of Materials
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 28Insider selling stopped: no sales in 90 days after 3 in the prior 90
Why it matters
The absence is the signal: 3 sales in one 90-day window and none in the next is a change of behaviour, not a filing.

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+2.5%12M
-9%+35%+79%+123%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-05-15 · Masters J Kent sold $2.2M2026-02-13 · Anderson Melissa H. sold $1.4M2026-02-20 · Norris Eric sold $941.7K2026-03-10 · Masters J Kent sold $923.0K2026-03-10 · Masters J Kent sold $918.6K2026-05-15 · Masters J Kent sold $700.6K2026-03-10 · Masters J Kent sold $171.1K2026-05-15 · Masters J Kent sold $129.2K2025-10-24 · Krupa Ander C. sold $18.1K
Insider sell
Indexed to 100, dividend-adjusted, not a price chart. When a name files heavily, the largest trades are drawn first.

Who owns ALB: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$1.5B
12,655,089 sh
$1.5B
6,204,186 sh
$783.8M

Congress trades in ALB

STOCK Act disclosures, US House only, filed up to 45 days after the trade
Sold 2025-05-12 · disclosed 41 days later
$15,001 - $50,000
Bought 2025-04-07 · disclosed 31 days later
$15,001 - $50,000
Sold 2025-02-24 · disclosed 13 days later
$15,001 - $50,000
Sold 2025-02-12 · disclosed 28 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Sold 2023-12-21 · disclosed 21 days later
$1,001 - $15,000

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

ALB planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

ALB mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Sprott Lithium Miners ETF
$4.4M position · as of 2026-06-30
9.7%
iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF
$1.3M position · as of 2026-06-30
7.2%
VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF
$188.2M position · as of 2026-06-30
7.0%
GMO Resource Transition Fund
$10.7M position · as of 2026-05-31
5.5%
ALPS Clean Energy ETF
$6.1M position · as of 2026-05-31
4.2%
Sprott Critical Materials ETF
$21.2M position · as of 2026-06-30
3.7%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Masters Jr
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$15.5M
$38.2M
$3.9M
+2%
+9%
2024
$14.4M
$4.4M
$3.5M
-39%
+8%
2023
$14.5M
-$4.8M
$3.2M
+0%
+10%
2022
$11.1M
$13.7M
$3.0M
+49%
-4%
2021
$9.0M
$20.3M
$2.5M
+60%
+28%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows a net $3.0M sold by insiders over 180 days, 456 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
Same sector, ranked by filing activity
Sector by SEC SIC code

ALB financials

Revenue growth
-4.4%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
-9.9%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$5.9B
four quarters, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Net margin, TTM
+3.8%
net income over revenue, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Free cash flow, TTM
$1.3B
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Debt to equity
0.18x
long-term 2026-06-30 plus current 2026-06-30; equity 2026-06-30
Cash flow to debt
0.96x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term 2026-06-30 plus current 2026-06-30
Return on equity
+2.2%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on assets
+1.4%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
effective tax rate 141%, not meaningful
Return on capital employed
+1.7%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
380.62x
close 2026-10-27 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Enterprise value
$11.9B
market value at close 2026-10-27 on 2026-07-29 shares, plus long-term 2026-06-30 plus current 2026-06-30, minus cash 2026-06-30
FCF yield
+11.5%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-27
PEG, trailing
n/a
prior-year trailing EPS was a loss, growth undefined
Price as of 2026-10-27. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$5.1B$5.4B$9.6B$7.3B
Gross profit$668.7M$62.5M$1.2B$3.1B
Operating income-$367.1M-$1.8B$251.9M$2.5B
Net income-$510.6M-$1.2B$1.6B$2.7B
EPS (diluted)-5.76-11.2013.3622.84
Operating cash flow$1.3B$687.9M$1.3B$1.9B
Cash$1.6B$1.2B$889.9M$1.5B
Long-term debt$3.1B$3.1B$3.5B$3.2B
Dividends paid$190.5M$188.5M$187.2M$184.4M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

ALB Stock Sonar score 6/7 axes

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ALB ranks highest on institutional and government (90th percentile) and financial health (89th), and lowest on insider conviction (9th), among Materials peers.

ProfitHealthGrowthInsidersInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
45
Inputs
  • Return on equity+2.2% · 43 pct, sector of 100
  • Return on assets+1.4% · 50 pct, sector of 120
  • Return on invested capitaleffective tax rate 141%, not meaningful
  • Return on capital employed+1.7% · 40 pct, sector of 96
Financial health
89
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.18x · 81 pct, sector of 104
  • Cash flow to debt0.96x · 97 pct, sector of 103
Growth
31
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY-4.4% · 31 pct, sector of 128
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Insider conviction
9
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d-$3.0M · 18 pct, sector of 80
  • Insider buyers, 180d0 · 0 pct, sector of 80
Institutional and government
90
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter456 · 93 pct, sector of 118
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quarters$2.7M · 87 pct, sector of 40
Risk and compliance
18
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+10.0% · 18 pct, sector of 143
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5y0.39 per $1B · 8 pct, sector of 103
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+16.6% · 28 pct, sector of 111
1 not measured: US patents
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

6 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

ALB filings, in plain words

Are Albemarle insiders buying or selling ALB?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Albemarle insiders were net sellers, a net $3.0M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 1 seller.

Have members of Congress traded ALB?

Yes, but not in the year to 2026-10-28; the latest on record is a sale by Jefferson Shreve dated 2025-05-12.

Read the full summary

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Albemarle insiders were net sellers of ALB, a net $3.0M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 1 seller. None of the 3 insider sales was flagged as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Members of Congress have disclosed trades in ALB, none in the last year; the latest on record is a sale by Jefferson Shreve dated 2025-05-12. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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