Where Will Albemarle Be in 1 Year?

When you're considering investing in a stock, it's always a good idea to sit down and attempt to map out what the company's situation could look like in a year's time. Or rather, what the outlook for the company could look like in a year's time. The goal is to visualize what other investors, i.e. the market, will be seeing in that business down the road.

In this case of specialty chemicals company (and eternal electric vehicle play) Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) this exercise probably would result in a positive viewpoint. However, the deeper question for investors is whether you would want to be holding the stock longer term? Here's what you need to know about this company before buying in.

Let's start with a quick look at Albemarle's 2020 sales and earnings numbers, as well as a brief summary of the key uses of the chemicals it produces, and management's medium-term outlook as based on its 2019 investor day presentation.

Source Fool.com