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

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