Albemarle Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  198.71
 Dividend  1.61
 Earnings  23.11
 Cash-flow  16.29
 Book value  68.52
 Equity  57.92

Albemarle is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Albemarle is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Albemarle stock dividend

Albemarle paid a total dividend of 188 million USD last year, for a market value of 23,249 millions (Market Cap 23,220 millions). Albemarle dividend per share is 1.61 USD, and his stock market price 198.71 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Albemarle has a dividend yield of 0.81%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Albemarle stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Albemarle

Albemarle Dividend Payout

About the ability of Albemarle to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.61 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.81%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Albemarle payout on ernings is currently 6.97%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Albemarlecan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Albemarle is USD 16.29 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.61, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Albemarle, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Albemarle payout

Albemarle Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Albemarle's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present0.81%1.616.97%117
20220.73%1.580.00%117
20210.67%1.5745.77%117
20201.04%1.5329.03%106
20192.01%1.4721.75%106
20181.74%1.3427.13%106
20171.00%1.2820.61%111
20161.39%1.2233.24%113

*In millions

Albemarle Stock performance

Finally, last moth Albemarle showed a return of -6.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -25.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Chemicals firms.

Albemarle stock and market return