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/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

Against its own ten years

Low 1.4× High 10.5×
Ten-year median 3.5×
Current reading's percentile 17

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)

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