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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)
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a P/E ratio of 229×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2026) to 298× (August 2026); the current reading is higher than 97% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 24.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 20.6×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 0.0× —
FY2024 0.0× —
FY2023 10.9× 17.08%
FY2022 9.3× (95.64%)
FY2021 214× 413.20%
FY2020 41.8× 187.79%
FY2019 14.5× 20.21%
FY2018 12.1× (95.59%)
FY2017 274× 1,680.12%
FY2016 15.4× (17.82%)

Quarterly

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 281× —
Mar 2026 0.0× —
Dec 2025 0.0× —
Sep 2025 0.0× —
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 298×
Ten-year median 18.3×
Current reading's percentile 97

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
WLK Westlake Corporation compare n/m
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare n/m
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 3.0×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 12.1×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 19.4×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 26.2×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 48.3×
ALB Albemarle Corporation 229×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 293×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 24.8×
Basic Materials sector median 20.6×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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