Stock · ALB · Basic Materials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1994 · Revenue 12 mo. $5.9B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Albemarle Corporation provides energy storage solutions worldwide.
Albemarle Corporation provides energy storage solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties, and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride for use in lithium batteries used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles; power grids and solar panels; high-performance greases; and specialty glass used in consumer appliances and electronics. The Specialties segment provides bromine and highly specialized lithium solutions for various industries, such as energy, mobility, connectivity, and health comprising fire safety compounds; bromine-based specialty chemical products, including elemental bromine, alkyl bromides, inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and various bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications, including airbag initiators. This segment also provides organic synthesis processes in the areas of steroid chemistry and vitamins, and various life science applications, as well as intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry; technical services, including handling and use of reactive lithium products; and recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies, including hydroprocessing catalysts together with isomerization and alkylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions comprising organometallics and curatives. It serves the grid storage, automotive, aerospace, conventional energy, electronics, construction, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and medical device industries. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Summary
35.6 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €621.4M (2025), it supports €6.9B. The remaining €3.7B of the market value assume it grows 6.0% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
6.0%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 7.5×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 10.6× to 24.3×, median 13.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −5.36% | 10.66% | Rank 6 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 0.86% | 14.75% | Rank 5 |
| EBIT margin | 1.82% | 15.82% | Rank 6 |
| FCF margin | 13.46% | 8.70% | Rank 66 |
| Gross margin | 13.06% | 34.18% | Rank 10 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −4.37% | 4.25% | Rank 20 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 0.28% | |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 13.36% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 11.47% | 9.35% | Rank 58 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | −4.37% | 4.98% | Rank 4 |
| FCF yield | 5.88% | 3.94% | Rank 67 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.61 | 2.36 | Rank 46 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 143.38 | 14.61 | Rank 2 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −0.85% | 8.75% | Rank 35 |
| Share price, 6 months | −50.75% | −1.37% | Rank 1 |
| Share price, 3 months | −19.17% | −1.16% | Rank 7 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −53.97% | −21.97% | Rank 2 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −9.99% | 0.63% | Rank 98 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.16% | −0.01% | Rank 31 |
| Dividend streak in years | 23 | 3 | Rank 96 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 5.79% | 0.05% | Rank 92 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 58.22% | 54.83% | Rank 59 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.01 | 1.01 | Rank 13 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.35 | 0.37 | Rank 52 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 54.59% | 37.23% | Rank 23 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $M | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2.7 | 19.0% | 536.7 | 113M | $99.5M |
| 2017 | 3.1 | 20.3% | −13.7 | 112M | $700.1M |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 21.5% | −153.8 | 109M | $1.1B |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 19.1% | −132.4 | 106M | $2.6B |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 16.8% | −51.6 | 107M | $2.9B |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 16.0% | −609.4 | 117M | $2.1B |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 34.2% | 646.2 | 118M | $1.8B |
| 2023 | 9.6 | 2.5% | −828.0 | 118M | $3.4B |
| 2024 | 5.4 | −11.8% | −992.7 | 118M | $2.4B |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 1.8% | 692.5 | 118M | $1.7B |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Albemarle Corp mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Albemarle Corp is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Albemarle Corp.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | −30.6 | 19.6 |
| P/B ratio | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −5.4% | 10.7% |
| Equity ratio | 58.2% | 54.8% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.35 | 0.37 |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 2.1% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| ALB | Albemarle Corpthis page | |
| RPM | RPM International Inc | locked |
| DD | Dupont De Nemours Inc | Low3.6 |
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc | Low0.9 |
| PPG | PPG Industries Inc | locked |
| AKZA.AS | Akzo Nobel NV | locked |
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