Insider trade

Officer sold ~$1.38M of ALB shares in the open market

Traded Feb 13, 2026 · Filed Feb 18, 2026

~$1.38M
Reported value · 8,454 sh @ $163.71: 9,439
Holds after · shares reported: -36.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.1%, $166.35 → $105.03 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Albemarle Corporation's Chief Bus..Transformation Off. sold $1.38M of Albemarle Corporation shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 13, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 18, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,384,004

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

2 days after results of Feb 11, 2026, 82 days before results of May 6, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $166.35 on Feb 13, 2026, 228% above its 52-week low and 14% below its high, after an 18% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $50.76 (Apr 8, 2025) to $194.18 (Jan 27, 2026), 81% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $141.44 on Dec 31, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+9.8%	+0.7%	+9.1%
30 days	-0.5%	-4.3%	+3.8%
90 days	+1.1%	+8.3%	-7.2%
180 days	-21.2%	+12.1%	-33.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001631925-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Feb 18, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ALBEMARLE CORP
Issuer CIK: 915913
Ticker: ALB
Reporting person: Melissa H. Anderson
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Bus..Transformation Off.
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 13, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 8,454
Price per share: $163.71
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 9,439
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $163.55 to $163.885, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Albemarle Corporation, any security holder of Albemarle Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.