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

98.53 0.16 +0.16%
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/Sales

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As of 5 November 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.4× (August 2024) to 10.5× (November 2021); the current reading is higher than 9% of that period. That is in line with the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.9× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.8×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 2.0× (25.69%)
Jun 2026 2.7× (31.47%)
Mar 2026 4.0× 12.77%
Dec 2025 3.5× 55.94%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.4× High 10.5×
Ten-year median 3.5×
Current reading's percentile 9

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.1×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 1.1×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 1.2×
ALB Albemarle Corporation 1.9×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 1.9×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 2.0×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 2.1×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 2.4×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 2.7×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.9×
Basic Materials sector median 1.8×
Market median 2.1×

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)

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