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) Return on invested capital

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Albemarle Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.55%, up 5.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−2.02%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.87% (fiscal 2024) to 15.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −2.02% 6.85
FY2024 −8.87% (10.09)
FY2023 1.22% (14.36)
FY2022 15.6% 9.15
FY2021 6.43% 2.10
FY2020 4.33% (2.04)
FY2019 6.37% (5.24)
FY2018 11.6% 3.70
FY2017 7.91% (1.38)
FY2016 9.29% 6.21

Against its own ten years

Low −8.87% High 15.6%
Ten-year median 6.37%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 16.9%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 13.1%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 11.2%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 7.99%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 5.41%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 5.38%
ALB Albemarle Corporation 3.55%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −2.22%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.21%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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