Albemarle Corporation ALB

109.73 1.48 1.37% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$12.9B
P/E
229×
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a price to free cash flow of 9.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2025) to 2,748× (November 2018); the current reading is higher than 51% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.8× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 18.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 22.9× —
FY2024 0.0× —
FY2023 0.0× —
FY2022 38.9× —
FY2021 0.0× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 0.0× —
FY2018 0.0× —
FY2017 0.0× —
FY2016 18.4× (60.73%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 11.8× (66.12%)
Mar 2026 34.8× 51.59%
Dec 2025 22.9× (59.86%)
Sep 2025 57.2× —
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 2,748×
Ten-year median 0.0×
Current reading's percentile 51

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare n/m
WLK Westlake Corporation compare n/m
ALB Albemarle Corporation 9.6×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 11.0×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 18.3×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 25.5×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 51.4×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 62.8×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 117×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.8×
Basic Materials sector median 18.6×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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