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The company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in each of the trailing four quarters. In this timeframe, it delivered an earnings surprise of 18.6%, on average. It posted an earnings surprise of 48.9% in the last reported quarter. The company is likely to have benefited from higher lithium volumes and its cost-reduction actions in the second quarter amid headwinds from higher input costs and destocking.
Albemarle’s shares have lost 13.3% over a year compared with an 9.7% rise of the industry it belongs to.
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Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement.
Zacks Model
Our proven model predicts an earnings beat for Albemarle this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an earning beat.
Earnings ESP: Earnings ESP for Albemarle is +0.20%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the second quarter is currently pegged at $4.27. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: Albemarle currently carries a Zacks Rank #3.
What do the Estimates Say?
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues for Albemarle for the to-be-reported quarter stands at $2,508 million, reflecting an increase of around 69.5% from the year-ago quarter.
Some Factors to Watch For
Albemarle is likely to have benefited from higher volumes in its lithium business in the second quarter. Higher customer demand, new capacity and plant productivity improvements are expected to have supported volumes. The La Negra III/IV expansion in Chile is also likely to have contributed to volumes. Our estimate for net sales for the Energy Storage unit for the second quarter is pegged at $1,861.2 million, reflecting a year-over-year growth of 132%.
Benefits of the company’s cost-saving, pricing and productivity initiatives are also expected to get reflected in the quarter to be reported. Its cost and productivity actions are expected to have supported margins in the second quarter.
However, the company’s Ketjen unit is likely to have faced headwinds from higher costs. The business is expected to have witnessed challenges, in the second quarter, from increased raw material costs, which is likely to continue to have hurt margins. Our estimate for net sales for the Ketjen unit for the second quarter stands at $199.3 million, indicating a year-over-year decline of 5.2%.
The company’s Specialties unit is also likely to have faced weaker demand and customer inventory destocking. ALB is seeing headwinds from demand weakness in consumer electronics. Softer demand and destocking are expected to continue to have impacted volumes in the June quarter.
Here are some companies in the basic materials space you may want to consider, as our model shows these too have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter:
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Albemarle (ALB) to Post Q2 Earnings: What's in the Offing?
Albemarle Corporation (ALB - Free Report) will release second-quarter 2023 results after the closing bell on Aug 2.
The company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in each of the trailing four quarters. In this timeframe, it delivered an earnings surprise of 18.6%, on average. It posted an earnings surprise of 48.9% in the last reported quarter. The company is likely to have benefited from higher lithium volumes and its cost-reduction actions in the second quarter amid headwinds from higher input costs and destocking.
Albemarle’s shares have lost 13.3% over a year compared with an 9.7% rise of the industry it belongs to.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement.
Zacks Model
Our proven model predicts an earnings beat for Albemarle this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an earning beat.
Earnings ESP: Earnings ESP for Albemarle is +0.20%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the second quarter is currently pegged at $4.27. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: Albemarle currently carries a Zacks Rank #3.
What do the Estimates Say?
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues for Albemarle for the to-be-reported quarter stands at $2,508 million, reflecting an increase of around 69.5% from the year-ago quarter.
Some Factors to Watch For
Albemarle is likely to have benefited from higher volumes in its lithium business in the second quarter. Higher customer demand, new capacity and plant productivity improvements are expected to have supported volumes. The La Negra III/IV expansion in Chile is also likely to have contributed to volumes. Our estimate for net sales for the Energy Storage unit for the second quarter is pegged at $1,861.2 million, reflecting a year-over-year growth of 132%.
Benefits of the company’s cost-saving, pricing and productivity initiatives are also expected to get reflected in the quarter to be reported. Its cost and productivity actions are expected to have supported margins in the second quarter.
However, the company’s Ketjen unit is likely to have faced headwinds from higher costs. The business is expected to have witnessed challenges, in the second quarter, from increased raw material costs, which is likely to continue to have hurt margins. Our estimate for net sales for the Ketjen unit for the second quarter stands at $199.3 million, indicating a year-over-year decline of 5.2%.
The company’s Specialties unit is also likely to have faced weaker demand and customer inventory destocking. ALB is seeing headwinds from demand weakness in consumer electronics. Softer demand and destocking are expected to continue to have impacted volumes in the June quarter.
Albemarle Corporation Price and EPS Surprise
Albemarle Corporation price-eps-surprise | Albemarle Corporation Quote
Stocks That Warrant a Look
Here are some companies in the basic materials space you may want to consider, as our model shows these too have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter:
Ecolab Inc. (ECL - Free Report) , slated to release earnings on Aug 1, has an Earnings ESP of +0.50% and carries a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks Rank #1 stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings for ECL for the second quarter is pegged at a profit of $1.21.
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA - Free Report) , which is slated to release its earnings on Aug 1, has an Earnings ESP of +6.02%.
The consensus estimate for AXTA’s earnings for the second quarter is currently pegged at 39 cents. It currently carries a Zacks Rank #2.
Livent Corporation , scheduled to release earnings on Aug 3, has an Earnings ESP of +2.43% and carries a Zacks Rank #1.
The consensus estimate for LTHM’s earnings for the second quarter is currently pegged at 46 cents.
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