ALB
Albemarle Corp
104.60$
-0.4%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 2, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.8 | 16.6 | 14.6 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 24.4 | 17.5 | 10.6 | 18.8 | 16.3 | 12.0 | 17.9 | 12.9 | 35.7 | 18.7 | 15.1 | 262.0 | 12.2 | 14.6 | 41.9 | 220.3 | 9.5 | 10.8 | – | – | |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.5 | |
| 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 13.7 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 18.4 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 24.5 | 53.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | – | 32.5 | |
| – | 98.2 | 20.5 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 18.6 | 12.6 | 27.9 | 9.6 | 13.0 | 20.1 | 18.1 | 26.8 | 19.3 | 12.4 | 47.0 | 18.2 | – | – | – | – | – | 39.5 | – | – | 24.0 | |
| -5.8% | 1.0% | 4.9% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 8.4% | 8.7% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 5.4% | 7.9% | 3.6% | 10.5% | 7.7% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 8.0% | 2.1% | 5.5% | -0.1% | -1.8% | -1.7% | -0.3% | -2.2% | 2.5% | -4.9% | -9.8% | 4.2% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36.8% | 39.8% | 40.9% | 40.2% | 29.6% | 23.5% | 23.1% | 21.5% | 20.9% | 20.2% | 23.3% | 26.6% | 24.6% | 24.1% | 31.6% | 34.1% | 36.1% | 36.0% | 31.5% | 30.4% | 36.3% | 36.6% | 36.2% | 35.1% | 31.8% | 30.3% | 42.2% | 12.5% | 1.1% | 13.1% | |
| 10.9% | 14.6% | 15.3% | 14.8% | 16.4% | 10.4% | 10.2% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 11.3% | 13.5% | 11.6% | 10.5% | 17.9% | 20.5% | 20.2% | 25.7% | 13.4% | 16.7% | 19.0% | 20.3% | 21.5% | 19.1% | 16.8% | 16.0% | 34.2% | 2.5% | -11.8% | 1.8% | |
| 18.3% | 9.6% | 10.3% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 3.6% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 9.8% | 7.9% | 8.9% | 13.4% | 13.7% | 12.4% | 17.3% | 5.5% | 11.8% | 24.0% | 1.8% | 20.6% | 14.9% | 12.0% | 3.7% | 36.7% | 16.4% | -21.9% | -9.9% | |
| -7.3% | 1.6% | 7.4% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 10.0% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 8.8% | 4.7% | 11.7% | 6.2% | 8.8% | 12.9% | 10.8% | 9.1% | 8.3% | 11.6% | 15.6% | 4.7% | 20.0% | -0.4% | -4.6% | -3.7% | -1.6% | -18.3% | 8.8% | -8.6% | -18.5% | 13.5% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30.9% | 15.5% | 18.8% | 18.1% | 18.2% | 11.5% | 12.8% | 11.3% | 7.7% | 12.3% | 13.9% | 18.0% | 18.2% | 14.8% | 22.3% | 24.6% | 17.0% | 25.4% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 17.0% | 1.5% | 19.3% | 13.6% | 8.8% | 2.2% | 33.7% | 16.7% | -11.8% | -5.4% | |
| 18.4% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.3% | 10.4% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 4.5% | 5.7% | 8.1% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 10.3% | 12.2% | 9.1% | 11.5% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 7.9% | 0.7% | 9.1% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 1.1% | 17.4% | 8.6% | -7.1% | -3.1% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -6.8 | -34 | -21 | -48 | 79 | 140 | 143 | 193 | 898 | 775 | 583 | 593 | 679 | 504 | 331 | 294 | 222 | 602 | 444 | 3,603 | 100 | 700 | 1,150 | 2,401 | 2,825 | 1,955 | 1,718 | 3,277 | 2,324 | 1,576 | |
| 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | – | 2.8 | |
| 59.7% | 58.2% | 48.2% | 51.4% | 56.9% | 52.5% | 47.8% | 45.9% | 29.1% | 36.5% | 40.6% | 45.2% | 37.5% | 43.5% | 46.2% | 49.7% | 53.3% | 45.4% | 26.0% | 33.8% | 46.5% | 47.4% | 47.3% | 39.9% | 40.8% | 51.3% | 51.6% | 51.5% | 60.0% | 58.2% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.32 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 0.73 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.64 | 1.20 | 1.47 | 2.36 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 3.43 | 4.28 | 3.47 | 4.90 | 1.69 | 3.00 | 5.68 | 0.49 | 6.34 | 5.02 | 3.52 | 1.06 | 22.84 | 13.36 | -10.04 | -4.34 | |
| 7.25 | 7.47 | 7.87 | 8.90 | 9.84 | 10.13 | 11.68 | 13.17 | 17.80 | 22.07 | 24.38 | 24.03 | 26.66 | 21.79 | 25.63 | 31.35 | 28.03 | 28.39 | 30.92 | 25.34 | 23.64 | 27.34 | 30.83 | 33.76 | 29.29 | 28.56 | 62.14 | 81.66 | 45.76 | 43.69 | |
| 4.29 | 4.66 | 4.33 | 5.16 | 6.00 | 6.38 | 6.60 | 7.55 | 8.36 | 9.74 | 10.58 | 13.15 | 11.52 | 13.10 | 15.36 | 17.39 | 20.40 | 19.30 | 17.19 | 29.17 | 33.51 | 32.70 | 32.76 | 36.98 | 39.96 | 48.27 | 67.77 | 79.92 | 84.77 | 81.00 | |
| -0.53 | 0.12 | 0.58 | 0.91 | 1.10 | 1.01 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 1.57 | 1.03 | 2.85 | 1.48 | 2.33 | 2.80 | 2.78 | 2.84 | 2.31 | 3.29 | 4.83 | 1.19 | 4.74 | -0.12 | -1.41 | -1.25 | -0.48 | -5.23 | 5.49 | -7.03 | -8.45 | 5.88 | |
Data as of: October 2, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.