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Profile - Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
330 South Fourth Street, P.O. Box 1335
Richmond, VA 23210
Phone: (804) 788-6000
Fax: (804) 388-7686
Employees (last reported count): 2,450
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemicals - Plastics & Rubber
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 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider sells; 156.0K shares
  (0.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 34% (88% of float)
(247 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.22M shares (+7.16%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Albemarle Corporation is a producer of polymer and fine chemicals most of which are additives to or intermediates for plastics, polymers and elastomers, cleaning products, agricultural compounds, pharmaceuticals, photographic chemicals, drilling compounds and biocides. Most sales of the Company's products are made directly to manufacturers of the aforementioned products, including chemical and polymer companies, pharmaceutical companies, cleaning product manufacturers, paper and photographic companies, drilling companies and water treatment companies. The Company's worldwide chemicals operations are reported as two separate and distinct operating segments: Polymer Chemicals and Fine Chemicals.
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Financial Summary
Albemarle Corporation is a major producer of specialty polymers and fine chemicals including: polymer intermediates, cleaning product intermediates and additives, agrichemical intermediates, pharmachemical intermediates and bulk actives, catalysts and brominated flame retardants. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues fell 6% to $435.7 million. Net income fell 40% to $37.4 million. Results reflect lower shipments and prices in the Company's zeolites business.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

William Gottwald, M.D., 53
Chairman
$446K--  
Floyd Gottwald, Jr., 78
CEO, Director
910K--  
Mark Rohr, 49
Pres, COO
718K--  
Charles Walker, 62
Vice Chairman, CFO
2.1M--  
E. Elmore, 62
Exec. VP, Sec.
529K$43K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ALBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-Sep-2000
$18.50 
Recent Price$21.14 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$25.688
Beta0.92 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)69.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)45.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-14.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+15.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$969.8M
Shares Outstanding45.9M
Float17.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.52 
Dividend Yield2.46%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$12.61 
Earnings (ttm)$1.65 
Earnings (mrq)$0.32 
Sales (ttm)$19.11 
Cash (mrq)$0.17 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.68 
Price/Earnings (ttm)12.85 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.11 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$891.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$184.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$76.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.83%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.79%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.18 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.19 
Total Cash (mrq)$7.89M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short173.0K
Percent of Float1.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
201.0K
Short Ratio1.78 
Daily Volume97.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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