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.

95.48 2.70 −2.75%
Market cap
$11.6B
P/E
199×
Fwd P/E
14.9×
Dividend yield
1.70%
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 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

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 298×
Ten-year median 18.4×
Current reading's percentile 93

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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