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.

Revenue
+18.8%
EPS
+225.6%
Free cash flow
+708.4%
Total debt
−48.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

98.44 3.47 +3.65%
Market cap
$11.6B
P/E
22.6×
Fwd P/E
9.9×
Dividend yield
1.65%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.31
Beneish M
−3.71
Dividend safety
47/100

Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Current ratio

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Albemarle Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.3×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (2.2×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.1× (fiscal 2021) to 2.9× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.3× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 2.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.2× 14.09%
FY2024 2.0× 33.35%
FY2023 1.5× (22.57%)
FY2022 1.9× 77.90%
FY2021 1.1× (13.12%)
FY2020 1.2× (22.47%)
FY2019 1.6× (6.50%)
FY2018 1.7× (18.13%)
FY2017 2.1× (28.87%)
FY2016 2.9× 156.07%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.3× 12.37%
Jun 2026 2.1× 0.85%
Mar 2026 2.1× (7.23%)
Dec 2025 2.2× (1.93%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.1× High 2.9×
Ten-year median 1.7×
Current reading's percentile 91

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 2.8×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 2.6×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 2.4×
ALB Albemarle Corporation 2.3×
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 1.8×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 1.8×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 1.6×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 1.5×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 1.4×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.3×
Basic Materials sector median 2.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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