Albemarle Corporation ALB

109.73 1.48 1.37% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$12.9B
P/E
229×
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) EV/EBITDA

As of 25 September 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 12.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2025) to 52.1× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 37% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 13.2× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 10.3×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

Annual

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 38.5× —
FY2024 0.0× —
FY2023 30.1× 210.54%
FY2022 9.7× (64.89%)
FY2021 27.6× 9.90%
FY2020 25.1× 117.01%
FY2019 11.6× 35.35%
FY2018 8.5× (57.03%)
FY2017 19.9× 64.63%
FY2016 12.1× (25.62%)

Quarterly

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 15.0× (53.22%)
Mar 2026 32.2× (16.55%)
Dec 2025 38.5× 138.00%
Sep 2025 16.2× —
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 52.1×
Ten-year median 14.7×
Current reading's percentile 37

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.4×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 12.1×
ALB Albemarle Corporation 12.3×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 12.6×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 12.7×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 14.6×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 19.0×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 19.0×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 19.5×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 13.2×
Basic Materials sector median 10.3×
Market median 11.0×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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