Albemarle Corporation

ALB Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Albemarle Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.1 billion, down 4.37% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 31.1%, EPS grew 2,425.0%, free cash flow grew 708.4% and total debt fell 48.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

95.48 2.70 −2.75%
Market cap
$11.6B
P/E
199×
Fwd P/E
14.9×
Dividend yield
1.70%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.31
Beneish M
−3.71
Dividend safety
47/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
15.39 274.02 12.08 14.52 41.79 214.47 9.34 10.94 0.00 0.00
Piotroski F-Score
7 6 6 4 4 5 6 4 4 6
P/S ratio
3.70 4.75 2.48 2.16 5.02 8.14 3.43 1.79 1.88 3.24
Altman Z-Score
2.63 3.37 2.76 1.91 2.50 4.10 3.80 2.40 1.52 2.31
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
4.07 3.45 3.65 2.72 2.35 2.66 4.48 3.11 2.77 3.21
P/FCF ratio
18.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 38.88 0.00 0.00 22.95
Beneish M-Score
(2.74) (2.40) (2.22) (2.61) (2.69) (2.39) (1.33) (0.98) 1.73 (3.71)
P/Operating CF
35.16 63.67 49.38 20.71 46.55 (185.06) 26.38 (177.74) (2,310.07) 42.84
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 47
P/B ratio
2.51 3.82 2.22 1.89 3.51 4.66 3.07 1.78 1.27 2.21
Price to Tangible BV
4.83 8.17 4.63 3.58 6.40 6.95 4.00 2.22 1.64 2.85
EV/Sales
3.73 4.98 2.82 2.83 5.92 8.72 3.67 2.13 2.31 3.54
EV/EBITDA
12.08 19.89 8.55 11.57 25.10 27.59 9.69 30.08 0.00 38.54
EV/Operating CF
13.59 50.29 17.41 14.15 23.18 84.34 14.07 15.46 18.08 14.21
EV/FCF
18.55 (1,114.00) (61.80) (83.36) (359.21) (47.64) 41.54 (24.77) (12.91) 25.12
Quick Ratio
2.45 1.42 1.03 0.92 0.74 0.57 1.05 0.73 1.10 1.29
Current Ratio
2.90 2.06 1.69 1.58 1.22 1.06 1.89 1.47 1.95 2.23
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.12 0.91 1.03 2.77 3.83 1.86 0.62 4.81 (1.96) 3.33
Debt/Assets
29.03% 23.71% 22.49% 30.93% 34.18% 21.82% 20.81% 22.81% 21.17% 19.50%
Debt/Equity
0.60 0.48 0.45 0.75 0.80 0.41 0.39 0.43 0.34 0.33
Asset Turnover
0.30 0.39 0.44 0.41 0.31 0.31 0.55 0.57 0.31 0.31
Operating CF/Net income
1.14 5.54 0.79 1.35 2.13 2.78 0.71 0.84 (0.52) (1.89)
Capex/Depreciation
(0.87) (1.61) (3.49) (3.94) (3.67) (3.75) (4.19) (5.01) (2.81) (0.66)
Interest Coverage
9.22 4.96 17.39 11.55 6.92 12.99 20.09 2.17 (10.73) (1.77)
ROE
17.53% 1.41% 18.31% 13.58% 8.78% 2.41% 38.44% 17.62% (14.93%) (8.73%)
ROA
7.25% 0.69% 9.05% 6.11% 3.70% 1.15% 20.35% 9.33% (7.55%) (4.11%)
ROIC
9.29% 7.91% 11.61% 6.37% 4.33% 6.43% 15.58% 1.22% (8.87%) (2.02%)
Return on Tangible Assets
14.22% 1.45% 18.08% 9.31% 6.52% 2.05% 28.59% 14.11% (11.74%) (6.26%)
Average Days of Receivables
71.99 67.99 71.14 69.17 69.15 68.34 68.65 65.36 66.56 49.58
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
3.01% 2.75% 2.08% 1.62% 1.89% 1.62% 0.98% 0.89% 1.61% 1.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
13.21% 14.66% 13.22% 14.86% 13.74% 13.27% 7.16% 9.46% 11.49% 10.70%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.23 0.26 0.26 0.20 0.19 0.17 0.12 0.10 0.11 0.10
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.64% 0.63% 0.45% 0.55% 0.73% 0.60% 0.42% 0.38% 0.60% 0.78%
Graham Net Nets
(0.09) (0.10) (0.22) (0.46) (0.24) (0.12) (0.08) (0.20) (0.25) (0.16)
Graham Number
67.20 19.28 70.55 66.13 57.75 35.06 190.08 157.78 0.00 0.00
Earnings Yield
6.50% 0.36% 8.28% 6.89% 2.39% 0.47% 10.70% 9.14% (13.01%) (4.07%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
5.45% (0.09%) (1.84%) (1.58%) (0.33%) (2.25%) 2.57% (4.80%) (9.53%) 4.36%
Revenue per Share
23.82 27.70 31.13 33.88 29.41 28.73 62.50 81.98 45.76 43.71
Operating CF per Share
6.55 2.74 5.04 6.79 7.51 2.97 16.29 11.31 5.85 10.90
Capex per Share
(1.75) (2.86) (6.46) (7.94) (7.99) (8.23) (10.77) (18.37) (14.05) (4.73)
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.80 (0.12) (1.42) (1.15) (0.48) (5.26) 5.52 (7.06) (8.20) 6.16
Cash per Share
20.20 10.25 5.12 5.79 7.02 3.79 12.80 7.59 10.15 13.75
Shareholders Equity per Share
35.08 34.42 34.67 38.64 42.00 50.12 69.94 82.38 86.79 83.13
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
35.08 34.42 34.67 38.64 42.00 50.12 69.94 82.38 86.79 83.13
Free Cash Flow
538.87 (13.72) (153.83) (122.07) (51.56) (609.41) 646.20 (827.96) (963.55) 725.28
Working Capital
2,166.52 1,276.64 815.25 816.11 404.34 119.35 2,445.90 1,656.46 1,875.80 2,210.10
Capital Expenditures
(196.65) (317.70) (699.99) (841.44) (850.48) (953.67) (1,261.65) (2,154.54) (1,651.43) (556.99)
Net Current Asset Value
(911.98) (1,455.51) (1,824.14) (3,542.17) (3,776.17) (3,174.83) (2,078.76) (3,388.63) (2,567.70) (2,584.61)
EV/EBIT
16.63 26.74 10.43 15.28 36.62 36.37 10.87 81.43 0.00 0.00
Capex to Sales
0.07 0.10 0.21 0.23 0.27 0.29 0.17 0.22 0.31 0.11
Price to Operating Income
16.46 25.52 9.17 11.62 31.03 33.92 10.17 68.42 0.00 0.00
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.10 0.08 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.10
Cash ROIC
6.28% (0.20%) (2.56%) (1.57%) (0.59%) (7.05%) 5.01% (5.62%) (6.46%) 4.97%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
5.35 5.58 5.49 5.37 4.92 5.47 7.32 6.21 3.98 6.13
Accounts Payable Turnover
6.55 5.61 4.59 4.25 4.04 4.12 3.14 4.07 3.51 4.82
Inventory Turnover
3.84 3.77 3.34 3.17 2.81 3.01 2.95 3.98 2.90 3.34
Average Days of Payables
60.28 77.72 88.39 89.88 82.65 101.51 176.42 90.39 64.82 74.53
Days of Inventory on Hand
96.28 110.07 118.50 120.38 128.32 125.11 178.48 93.56 103.18 96.21
Average Receivables
500.46 550.14 615.02 668.99 636.50 607.95 999.95 1,549.52 1,351.42 839.60
Average Payables
260.72 350.21 470.53 548.33 528.68 565.60 1,349.99 2,070.02 1,515.97 928.71
Average Inventory
444.89 521.52 646.66 734.76 759.61 774.43 1,437.33 2,118.66 1,831.91 1,340.90
Average Assets
8,879.58 7,955.99 7,666.22 8,721.27 10,155.91 10,712.54 13,215.32 16,863.59 17,440.15 16,491.93
Average Common Equity
3,671.96 3,880.15 3,788.40 3,926.34 4,281.09 5,137.10 6,998.23 8,927.97 8,814.84 7,755.47

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