Albemarle Corporation ALB
- 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 | Free account |
Against its own ten years
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)
More on ALB
- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/Sales
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- The full statement