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) Price to free cash flow
As of 16 October 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a price to free cash flow of 8.3×. 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 21.2× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 18.4×.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | n/m |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 8.3× |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 16.7× |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 16.9× |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 25.3× |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 53.8× |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 61.6× |
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 105× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 21.2× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 18.4× |
| Market median | 14.2× |
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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