ALB
StockAlbemarle Corporation
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This is the kind of decline worth waking up for.
Albemarle Corporation is 58.7% off its high — among the deepest declines in its recorded history.
But down is not the same as cheap: Albemarle Corporation's P/S Severity Score is 0.1 — its valuation sits in or above its typical range.
Extreme
Current Drawdown
-58.7%
Days in Drawdown
1336
Avg Max Drawdown
6.2%
Avg Length
59
Drawdown Severity Score™
10.9
ALB - Price & High Water Mark
ALB - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of July 12, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within ALB's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
Albemarle Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 69% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
Albemarle Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 73% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
Albemarle Corporation is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-07-14, the stock is trading at $128.75, which represents a 58.7% decline from its all-time high of $311.63. This drawdown has persisted for 1336 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, Albemarle Corporation typically experiences drawdowns averaging 6.2% in depth, with an average duration of 59 days. Albemarle Corporation has gone through 172 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for Albemarle Corporation was 66.3%, beginning in 2007. The longest drawdown duration on record was 1115 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for Albemarle Corporation currently stands at 10.86. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 8.0 and 12.0 indicates an extremely rare, severe drawdown: the asset almost never experiences declines of this magnitude in its tracked history.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing Albemarle Corporation's historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 172 tracked pullbacks (65 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-16 | Ongoing | 1336 days | -58.7% | $311.63 | $128.75 | n/a |
| 2022-09-15 | 2022-11-10 | 57 days | -22.6% | $293.69 | $227.43 | $307.21 |
| 2022-09-12 | 2022-09-14 | 3 days | -1.1% | $287.30 | $284.05 | $293.69 |
| 2022-08-26 | 2022-09-09 | 15 days | -13.1% | $282.82 | $245.78 | $287.30 |
| 2022-08-16 | 2022-08-24 | 9 days | -4.9% | $271.72 | $258.28 | $275.36 |
| 2021-11-23 | 2022-08-15 | 265 days | -39.3% | $270.03 | $164.01 | $271.72 |
| 2021-11-09 | 2021-11-19 | 11 days | -4.6% | $265.01 | $252.86 | $267.78 |
| 2021-11-05 | 2021-11-08 | 4 days | -0.1% | $259.43 | $259.29 | $265.01 |
| 2021-09-03 | 2021-10-28 | 56 days | -12.1% | $231.81 | $203.77 | $234.27 |
| 2021-08-11 | 2021-09-01 | 22 days | -10.7% | $227.06 | $202.66 | $227.22 |
| 2021-08-04 | 2021-08-05 | 2 days | -0.1% | $196.61 | $196.48 | $207.67 |
| 2021-07-27 | 2021-07-29 | 3 days | -3.0% | $185.08 | $179.52 | $192.66 |
| 2021-07-23 | 2021-07-26 | 4 days | -1.3% | $183.10 | $180.81 | $185.08 |
| 2021-07-13 | 2021-07-21 | 9 days | -5.0% | $178.10 | $169.16 | $180.69 |
| 2021-01-20 | 2021-07-12 | 173 days | -24.1% | $175.13 | $133.00 | $178.10 |
| 2021-01-11 | 2021-01-19 | 9 days | -3.7% | $174.04 | $167.60 | $175.13 |
| 2020-12-24 | 2021-01-04 | 12 days | -2.5% | $141.72 | $138.23 | $144.29 |
| 2020-12-09 | 2020-12-22 | 14 days | -6.3% | $135.72 | $127.22 | $138.28 |
| 2020-11-30 | 2020-12-04 | 5 days | -4.3% | $129.79 | $124.19 | $131.26 |
| 2017-11-09 | 2020-11-27 | 1115 days | -63.3% | $129.56 | $47.58 | $129.79 |
| 2017-11-02 | 2017-11-07 | 6 days | -3.8% | $127.54 | $122.68 | $128.26 |
| 2017-10-23 | 2017-10-31 | 9 days | -1.6% | $126.15 | $124.13 | $126.25 |
| 2017-10-17 | 2017-10-20 | 4 days | -0.5% | $125.59 | $124.92 | $126.15 |
| 2017-10-06 | 2017-10-16 | 11 days | -2.2% | $125.15 | $122.36 | $125.59 |
| 2017-09-21 | 2017-09-29 | 9 days | -5.6% | $121.94 | $115.07 | $122.14 |
| 2017-08-08 | 2017-09-11 | 35 days | -11.1% | $110.01 | $97.75 | $110.70 |
| 2017-08-03 | 2017-08-04 | 2 days | -0.5% | $106.76 | $106.18 | $106.90 |
| 2017-07-20 | 2017-08-02 | 14 days | -2.8% | $106.50 | $103.50 | $106.76 |
| 2017-07-14 | 2017-07-18 | 5 days | -0.7% | $105.18 | $104.45 | $105.23 |
| 2017-06-12 | 2017-07-12 | 31 days | -9.2% | $102.85 | $93.37 | $104.16 |
| 2017-06-05 | 2017-06-08 | 4 days | -1.2% | $101.68 | $100.42 | $101.84 |
| 2017-06-01 | 2017-06-02 | 2 days | -0.2% | $101.24 | $101.03 | $101.68 |
| 2017-05-30 | 2017-05-31 | 2 days | -0.4% | $100.58 | $100.23 | $101.24 |
| 2017-05-17 | 2017-05-25 | 9 days | -2.1% | $100.15 | $98.03 | $100.34 |
| 2017-05-12 | 2017-05-15 | 4 days | -0.3% | $98.69 | $98.37 | $99.86 |
| 2017-05-08 | 2017-05-10 | 3 days | -0.6% | $98.04 | $97.44 | $98.54 |
| 2017-05-02 | 2017-05-05 | 4 days | -1.6% | $97.49 | $95.94 | $98.04 |
| 2017-04-27 | 2017-04-28 | 2 days | -0.1% | $96.52 | $96.41 | $97.06 |
| 2017-03-20 | 2017-04-24 | 36 days | -2.4% | $94.66 | $92.35 | $95.21 |
| 2017-03-16 | 2017-03-17 | 2 days | -1.1% | $93.77 | $92.70 | $94.66 |
| 2017-03-14 | 2017-03-15 | 2 days | -0.5% | $93.13 | $92.64 | $93.77 |
| 2017-03-06 | 2017-03-13 | 7 days | -2.5% | $93.08 | $90.72 | $93.13 |
| 2017-01-25 | 2017-02-28 | 35 days | -4.6% | $84.89 | $81.02 | $90.19 |
| 2017-01-18 | 2017-01-24 | 7 days | -1.9% | $83.83 | $82.27 | $84.89 |
| 2016-12-09 | 2017-01-11 | 34 days | -5.9% | $81.29 | $76.48 | $82.89 |
| 2016-12-01 | 2016-12-07 | 7 days | -3.3% | $77.73 | $75.14 | $78.63 |
| 2016-11-08 | 2016-11-30 | 23 days | -10.7% | $76.40 | $68.25 | $77.73 |
| 2016-07-21 | 2016-11-07 | 110 days | -12.2% | $76.40 | $67.05 | $76.40 |
| 2016-07-18 | 2016-07-20 | 3 days | -0.5% | $76.16 | $75.78 | $76.40 |
| 2016-06-24 | 2016-07-12 | 19 days | -10.7% | $74.44 | $66.45 | $75.16 |
| 2016-06-22 | 2016-06-23 | 2 days | -0.4% | $73.75 | $73.49 | $74.44 |
| 2014-07-15 | 2016-05-11 | 667 days | -41.0% | $61.49 | $36.25 | $65.59 |
| 2011-05-11 | 2013-11-27 | 932 days | -44.8% | $57.52 | $31.74 | $57.76 |
| 2010-04-30 | 2010-09-30 | 154 days | -15.6% | $37.14 | $31.34 | $37.65 |
| 2007-11-01 | 2010-04-29 | 911 days | -66.3% | $36.66 | $12.35 | $37.14 |
| 2007-04-24 | 2007-09-26 | 156 days | -20.1% | $33.65 | $26.88 | $34.54 |
| 2004-12-02 | 2006-01-03 | 398 days | -18.9% | $14.84 | $12.04 | $15.39 |
| 2002-06-11 | 2004-06-29 | 750 days | -30.9% | $11.52 | $7.96 | $11.53 |
| 2000-12-29 | 2002-02-15 | 414 days | -29.8% | $8.56 | $6.01 | $8.61 |
| 2000-08-17 | 2000-12-28 | 134 days | -26.9% | $8.54 | $6.24 | $8.56 |
| 1997-09-18 | 2000-08-16 | 1064 days | -42.8% | $8.37 | $4.78 | $8.54 |
| 1996-05-07 | 1997-07-31 | 451 days | -37.9% | $7.27 | $4.51 | $7.40 |
| 1996-03-25 | 1996-04-22 | 28 days | -14.3% | $6.89 | $5.90 | $6.96 |
| 1995-10-09 | 1995-11-29 | 52 days | -12.4% | $5.76 | $5.04 | $5.98 |
| 1994-08-04 | 1995-09-08 | 401 days | -29.0% | $5.22 | $3.70 | $5.25 |
| 1994-03-24 | 1994-05-31 | 68 days | -12.7% | $4.65 | $4.06 | $4.76 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) is trading at $128.75 as of Jul 14, 2026. It is 58.7% below its high of $311.63. The drawdown has lasted 1,336 days. Severity score: 10.9 (Extreme).
ALB Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$128.75
High-water mark
$311.63
Current drawdown
-58.7%
Days in drawdown
1,336
This ALB page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior Albemarle Corporation drawdowns.
What History Says About ALB
Albemarle Corporation has dropped 30%+ from its high 8 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 769 days with an average max drop of -45.8%.
The current drawdown of -58.7% has lasted 1,336 days, which is 1.7x the average duration of comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2007 to Apr 2010 | -66.3% | 911 days |
| Nov 2017 to Nov 2020 | -63.3% | 1115 days |
| May 2011 to Nov 2013 | -44.8% | 932 days |
| Sep 1997 to Aug 2000 | -42.8% | 1064 days |
| Jul 2014 to May 2016 | -41.0% | 667 days |
| Nov 2021 to Aug 2022 | -39.3% | 265 days |
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