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

100.60 2.23 +2.27%
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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a P/E ratio of 22.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2026) to 298× (August 2026); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 24.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 19.0×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 24.3× (91.38%)
Jun 2026 281× —
Mar 2026 0.0× —
Dec 2025 0.0× —
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 298×
Ten-year median 18.6×
Current reading's percentile 51

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
WLK Westlake Corporation compare n/m
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 3.3×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 10.6×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 12.0×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 19.5×
ALB Albemarle Corporation 22.6×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 23.3×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 26.5×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 36.4×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 24.5×
Basic Materials sector median 19.0×
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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