secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB)
CIK:        0000915913
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-05T20:22:29+00:00
Accession:  0000915913-26-000101
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Albemarle Q2 net sales up 31% to $1.74B; adjusted EBITDA up 155% to $858M; raises Specialties outlook
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- Net income of $480M ($3.52 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $3.75 vs. $0.11 prior year.
- Energy Storage net sales $1.28B (+78%); adjusted EBITDA $723M (+229%) on higher lithium pricing.
- Specialties net sales $423.5M (+20.5%); adjusted EBITDA $117.7M (+61%) on volume and price gains.
- Free cash flow $638M; operating cash flow conversion 83%.
- Raising FY 2026 Specialties net sales outlook to $1.4-1.6B and adjusted EBITDA to $275-325M; capex reduced to ~$500M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000101/0000915913-26-000101-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000101/alb-20260805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000101

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