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Albemarle Corporation ALB

Basic Materials  —  Specialty Chemicals
109.73 1.48 1.37% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$12.9B
P/E
229×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y)
Indexes indicate stock being part of an index,
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Albemarle Corporation (ALB) P/B ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a P/B ratio of 1.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (April 2025) to 5.7× (September 2022); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 1.8×.

P/B ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 2.2× 73.64%
FY2024 1.3× (28.77%)
FY2023 1.8× (41.87%)
FY2022 3.1× (34.25%)
FY2021 4.7× 32.79%
FY2020 3.5× 85.81%
FY2019 1.9× (14.96%)
FY2018 2.2× (41.83%)
FY2017 3.8× 52.26%
FY2016 2.5× 37.08%

Quarterly

Period P/B ratio Change
Jun 2026 1.9× (28.58%)
Mar 2026 2.7× 21.86%
Dec 2025 2.2× 85.69%
Sep 2025 1.2× 33.11%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 5.7×
Ten-year median 2.5×
Current reading's percentile 17

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare n/m
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 0.9×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 1.3×
ALB Albemarle Corporation 1.6×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 1.8×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 3.1×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 3.4×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 3.9×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 5.7×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.8×
Basic Materials sector median 1.8×
Market median 1.8×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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