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
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Price to free cash flow
As of 5 November 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a price to free cash flow of 8.6×. 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 19.1× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.
Price to free cash flow, daily
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Annual newest first
| 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 newest first
| Period | Price to free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 9.2× | (21.63%) |
| Jun 2026 | 11.8× | (66.12%) |
| Mar 2026 | 34.8× | 51.59% |
| Dec 2025 | 22.9× | (59.86%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Price to free cash flow against peers
| Company | Price to free cash flow |
|---|---|
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | n/m |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 8.6× |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 15.7× |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 16.0× |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 17.7× |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 20.6× |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 41.0× |
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 98.6× |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | 707× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 19.1× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 17.7× |
| Market median | 14.1× |
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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