Albemarle Corp. Stock Slides 4.4%, Underperforms Peers

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Shares of Albemarle Corp. slid 4.4% to $126.28 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 7,718.60 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.5% to 53,414.25.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Albemarle Corp. closed 42.9% short of its 52-week high of $221.00, which the company reached on May 7th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Avantor Inc. fell 1.4% to $14.97, Celanese Corp. fell 1.2% to $44.67, and Eastman Chemical Co. rose 0.59% to $71.19.

Trading volume totaled 3.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.3 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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September 04, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)