Albemarle Corporation ALB
- Market cap
- $12.9B
- P/E
- 229×
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) EV/Sales
As of 25 September 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a EV/Sales of 2.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.4× (August 2024) to 10.5× (November 2021); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.8×.
EV/Sales, daily
Annual
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3.5× | 53.14% |
| FY2024 | 2.3× | 8.47% |
| FY2023 | 2.1× | (41.84%) |
| FY2022 | 3.7× | (57.97%) |
| FY2021 | 8.7× | 47.38% |
| FY2020 | 5.9× | 108.81% |
| FY2019 | 2.8× | 0.65% |
| FY2018 | 2.8× | (43.40%) |
| FY2017 | 5.0× | 33.31% |
| FY2016 | 3.7× | 7.33% |
Quarterly
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 2.7× | (31.47%) |
| Mar 2026 | 4.0× | 12.77% |
| Dec 2025 | 3.5× | 55.94% |
| Sep 2025 | 2.3× | 23.43% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 0.1× |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | 0.9× |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | 1.1× |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 1.9× |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 2.2× |
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 2.5× |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 2.5× |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 2.8× |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 3.4× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 1.8× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 1.8× |
| Market median | 2.2× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((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)) ÷ Revenue (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/EBITDA
- 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