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) P/S ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Albemarle Corporation (ALB) trades at a P/S ratio of 1.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.1× (August 2024) to 10.0× (November 2021); the current reading is higher than 20% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.6×.
P/S ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/S ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3.2× | 72.03% |
| FY2024 | 1.9× | 4.98% |
| FY2023 | 1.8× | (47.79%) |
| FY2022 | 3.4× | (57.82%) |
| FY2021 | 8.1× | 62.21% |
| FY2020 | 5.0× | 132.69% |
| FY2019 | 2.2× | (12.93%) |
| FY2018 | 2.5× | (47.86%) |
| FY2017 | 4.7× | 28.49% |
| FY2016 | 3.7× | 67.76% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/S ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 2.7× | (29.99%) |
| Mar 2026 | 3.9× | 19.00% |
| Dec 2025 | 3.2× | 67.75% |
| Sep 2025 | 1.9× | 30.63% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/S ratio against peers
| Company | P/S ratio |
|---|---|
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | n/m |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | 0.7× |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 1.6× |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 1.9× |
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 2.0× |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 2.3× |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 2.5× |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 2.7× |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 2.9× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 1.5× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 1.6× |
| Market median | 1.9× |
What P/S ratio is
Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.
(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)
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