ALBEMARLE CORP ALB
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 012653101 · ISIN US0126531013
American specialty chemicals manufacturing company
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryPlastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers
- HeadquartersCharlotte, NC
- Founded1994
- Websitealbemarle.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($80.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 118.0m as of 2026-07-29, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $135.03. Options: 44 managers hold calls ($1.0bn notional), 46 hold puts ($1.4bn).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 968 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,021 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,027 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,025 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,005 |
| Q4 2023 | 944 |
| Q1 2024 | 917 |
| Q2 2024 | 845 |
| Q3 2024 | 806 |
| Q4 2024 | 809 |
| Q1 2025 | 766 |
| Q2 2025 | 704 |
| Q3 2025 | 771 |
| Q4 2025 | 910 |
| Q1 2026 | 990 |
| Q2 2026 | 941 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 407 | 419 |
| Q4 2024 | 336 | 429 |
| Q1 2025 | 330 | 425 |
| Q2 2025 | 333 | 402 |
| Q3 2025 | 397 | 325 |
| Q4 2025 | 454 | 379 |
| Q1 2026 | 511 | 414 |
| Q2 2026 | 429 | 512 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $1.0bn | $1.4bn | 1.37 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.3bn | $2.0bn | 0.89 |
| Q1 2026 | $1.4bn | $1.9bn | 1.35 |
| Q2 2026 | $1.0bn | $1.4bn | 1.32 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +2.5m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +2.1m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +888.3k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +766.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +702.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +693.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +648.0k |
| Nationale-Nederlanden Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. | New | +407.8k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +360.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +275.7k |
Biggest sellers
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -1.2m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -860.2k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -466.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -452.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -433.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -404.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -304.1k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Reduced | -297.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -274.6k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | -258.4k |
Biggest calls
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $269.7m2.0m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $186.2m1.4m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $103.1m763.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $85.3m631.9k shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Added | $82.1m608.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $69.1m512.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $60.8m450.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $27.3m202.4k shares |
| Jain Global LLC | Reduced | $22.3m165.0k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | $21.4m158.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $374.2m2.8m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $326.0m2.4m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $127.9m947.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $91.7m679.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $69.2m512.3k shares |
| Portman Square Capital LLP | Reduced | $47.8m354.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $47.4m351.3k shares |
| Jain Global LLC | Added | $43.9m325.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $28.4m210.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $23.3m172.5k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Capital World Investors 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-05-14 | 9.5% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 8.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.4% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC (5.0%, 2026-10-28), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), Capital Research Global Investors (1.8%, 2025-11-13)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $367.7k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $29.1k | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 3 | $4.3m | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.0m | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Masters J Kent Chairman & CEO, director | Sold | $3.0m16.4k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Capital World Investors 0.16% of their portfolio | 9.9m $1.3bn | Added +66.5k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 9.5m $1.3bn | Added +766.8k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 7.7m $1.0bn | Added +40.8k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.4m $869.2m | Added +121.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.5m $744.8m | Added +275.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 3.3m $445.1m | Added +2.1m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.1m $421.9m | Reduced -304.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.9m $391.0m | Added +648.0k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.7m $362.7m | Added +2.5m |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.21% of their portfolio | 2.7m $358.1m | Reduced -12.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.5m $343.4m | Reduced -433.0k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.18% of their portfolio | 2.2m $293.7m | Added +158.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.9m $250.2m | Added +195.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.7m $224.7m | Added +888.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $224.6m | Reduced -9.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $205.2m | Reduced -452.0k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.34% of their portfolio | 1.5m $206.9m | Reduced -168.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.5m $197.2m | Reduced -860.2k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 1.4m $193.4m | Reduced -169.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $188.3m | Not comparable |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $164.5m | Reduced -590 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $154.6m | Reduced -51.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $155.5m | Added +72.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $152.2m | Reduced -32.2k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 973.5k $131.5m | Added +702.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.04% of their portfolio | 970.5k $131.0m | Added +169.1k |
| PGGM Investments 3.02% of their portfolio | 909.2k $122.8m | Unchanged |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 897.0k $121.1m | Reduced -9.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 875.1k $118.2m | Added +693.3k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 846.3k $114.3m | Reduced -101.9k |
| Amundi 0.03% of their portfolio | 827.9k $111.8m | Added +238.8k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.13% of their portfolio | 803.4k $108.1m | Reduced -135.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 764.8k $103.3m | Reduced -93.4k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 662.2k $89.4m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Empower Advisory Group, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 607.0k $82.0m | Added +7.6k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.23% of their portfolio | 602.6k $81.4m | Added +73.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 590.6k $79.7m | Reduced -466.1k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 581.8k $78.6m | Added +10.9k |
| Nykredit A/S 0.25% of their portfolio | 578.5k $78.1m | First filing |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.07% of their portfolio | 565.2k $76.3m | Reduced -87.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 556.2k $75.1m | Added +265.3k |
| Altshuler Shaham Ltd 0.90% of their portfolio | 528.8k $71.4m | Added +715 |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 481.4k $65.0m | Reduced -2.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 456.1k $61.6m | Reduced -274.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 441.3k $59.6m | Added +106.4k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.11% of their portfolio | 434.8k $58.7m | Reduced -121.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 432.3k $77.6m | Reduced -7.1k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 408.0k $55.1m | Added +360.7k |
| Nationale-Nederlanden Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. 3.02% of their portfolio | 407.8k $55.1m | New |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 400.4k $54.1m | Added +20.2k |
| HB Wealth Management, LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 382.6k $51.7m | Reduced -20.9k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.37% of their portfolio | 377.5k $51.0m | Added +5.2k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.07% of their portfolio | 374.8k $63.8m | Added +78.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 373.9k $50.5m | Added +75.9k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 358.5k $48.4m | Added +242.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 350.5k $47.3m | Reduced -164.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 349.8k $47.2m | Added +22.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 344.8k $46.6m | Reduced -101.5k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 338.2k $45.7m | Added +206.9k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 332.2k $44.8m | Reduced -16.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.02% of their portfolio | 317.1k $42.8m | Added +24.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 311.7k $42.1m | Reduced -97.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 305.5k $41.2m | Added +85.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 301.6k $40.7m | Added +136.8k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 296.5k $40.0m | Reduced -22.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 294.2k $39.7m | Reduced -9.6k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.03% of their portfolio | 280.3k $37.5m | Added +33.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 279.1k $37.7m | Added +7.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 276.4k $37.3m | Added +4.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 271.2k $36.6m | Added +247.1k |
| CREDIT AGRICOLE S A 0.09% of their portfolio | 270.4k $36.5m | Added +235.8k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 254.8k $34.4m | Added +25.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 249.7k $33.7m | Added +64.0k |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 245.6k $33.2m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Vest Financial, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 244.7k $33.0m | Reduced -42.9k |
| Man Group plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 238.7k $32.2m | Added +204.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 236.5k $31.9m | Added +3.6k |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 0.51% of their portfolio | 234.8k $31.7m | Added +39.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 234.6k $31.7m | Added +32.9k |
| GRANDFIELD & DODD, LLC 1.64% of their portfolio | 232.1k $31.3m | Reduced -6.0k |
| HIMENSION CAPITAL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1.91% of their portfolio | 230.1k $31.1m | Added +18.7k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 223.6k $30.2m | Reduced -26.9k |
| Jain Global LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 217.1k $29.3m | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.8k $29.2m | Reduced -112.9k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.03% of their portfolio | 214.9k $29.0m | Reduced -41.2k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 211.5k $28.6m | Added +73.7k |
| Saudi Central Bank 0.32% of their portfolio | 200.8k $24.3m | Unchanged |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 200.4k $27.1m | Added +199.7k |
| Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC 0.86% of their portfolio | 200.0k $27.0m | Unchanged |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 0.06% of their portfolio | 191.1k $25.8m | Reduced -23.8k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 182.8k $24.4m | Reduced -22.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 174.5k $23.6m | Reduced -29.2k |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 172.8k $23.3m | Added +23.3k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 171.3k $23.1m | Added +11.3k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 168.9k $22.8m | Added +3.6k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 163.5k $22.1m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 153.8k $20.8m | Added +142.6k |
| J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG 0.15% of their portfolio | 150.0k $10.4m | Added +86.8k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 148.2k $20.0m | Reduced -32.6k |
| BIT Capital GmbH 0.67% of their portfolio | 144.9k $19.6m | Added +49.4k |