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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 31.1%, EPS grew 2,425.0%, free cash flow grew 708.4% and total debt fell 48.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) P/E ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a P/E ratio of 199×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2026) to 298× (August 2026); the current reading is higher than 95% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 25.4× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 19.5×.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 281× | — |
| Mar 2026 | 0.0× | — |
| Dec 2025 | 0.0× | — |
| Sep 2025 | 0.0× | — |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | n/m |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 3.5× |
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 11.3× |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 18.4× |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 18.8× |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 27.4× |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 47.4× |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 199× |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 290× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 25.4× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 19.5× |
| Market median | 18.1× |
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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