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

98.44 3.47 +3.65%
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) Price to free cash flow

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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

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
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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