Fundamental Data for ALB

ALBEMARLE(NYSE:ALB)

Albemarle Corporation is a major producer of fine and performance chemicals including polymer intermediates, cleaning product intermediates and additives, agricultural chemical intermediates, pharmaceutical intermediates, catalysts, brominated flame retardants, bromine chemicals and potassium and chlorine chemicals.

# Employees: 4130

Address: 330 South Fourth Street,Richmond,VA,USA

Phone: 804 788-6000

Fax: 804-388-7686

Website: www.albemarle.com

Email: shareholder.inquiries@nationalcity.com

Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: CHEM-DIVERSIFD

Executive Officers

William M. Gottwald (Chmn.)

William R. Ide III (Dir.)

Mark C. Rohr (Presi.; C.E.O.)

Richard J. Diemer Jr. (Sr. V.P.; C.F.O.)

Luther C. Kissam IV (Sr. V.P.; Law & Mftg.; Sec.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 9/11/2009

Annual Dividend: $0.50

Current Dividend Yield: $1.47

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.13

Indicated Dividend: $0.30

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/25/2010

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.55

Mean EPS (Year): $1.80

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $6.50

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 18.950

Number of Estimates: 11

Shares Performance

Period	ALB	Compare to S&P
YTD	52.92 %	26.56 %
4 Weeks	-1.33 %	-2.40 %
12 Weeks	5.18 %	-0.84 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 758212

Shares Outstanding: 91M

Market Cap: $3.12B

52 Week High: $35.19

52 Week Low: $15.81

P/E Ratio: 20.300

PEG Ratio: 2.920

Split: On 3/2/2007 ALB split by factor of 2.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: 39.02 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -6.56 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 15.71 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -21.98 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $2.51

Cash Flow/Share: $9.34

Change in Payout Ratio: 0.060

Price/Sales: 1.590