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) Free cash flow margin

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Albemarle Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 14.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.3% (fiscal 2021) to 20.1% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.49% and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.1% 32.02
FY2024 −17.9% (9.31)
FY2023 −8.61% (17.44)
FY2022 8.83% 27.14
FY2021 −18.3% (16.66)
FY2020 −1.65% 1.75
FY2019 −3.40% 1.16
FY2018 −4.56% (4.11)
FY2017 −0.45% (20.58)
FY2016 20.1% 15.42

Against its own ten years

Low −18.3% High 20.1%
Ten-year median −1.65%
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 20.1%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 9.61%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 9.50%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 5.26%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 5.18%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 0.10%
ALB Albemarle Corporation 0.00%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 0.00%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.49%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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