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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 9.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2025) to 52.1× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 23% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 12.9× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 9.2×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 9.9× (34.12%)
Jun 2026 15.0× (53.22%)
Mar 2026 32.2× (16.55%)
Dec 2025 38.5× 138.00%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 52.1×
Ten-year median 14.6×
Current reading's percentile 23

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.4×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 8.0×
ALB Albemarle Corporation 9.2×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 10.6×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 12.6×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 12.7×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 16.2×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 16.7×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 16.8×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 12.9×
Basic Materials sector median 9.2×
Market median 10.9×

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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