Albemarle Corp (ALB)

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.

Symbol
ALB
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Market cap
$12.34B
52 week range
84.72 - 221

Valuation

Share price
$104.59 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM)
222.53x
Price to book
1.17x
Price to free cash flow
9.19x
Enterprise value
$12.59B
Book value per share
$89.27

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day-0.42%
5 days-4.68%
1 month-24.07%
3 months-22.85%
6 months-41.27%
Year to date-26.05%
1 year+19.38%
3 years-35.60%
5 years-52.22%
10 years+22.34%
All time+1342.62%

Members of Congress who disclosed ALB trades

Jefferson Shreve · John Boozman · Julie Johnson

Super investors holding ALB

Ken Griffin (Citadel) · Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
-5.22%
Return on invested capital
-3.20%
Return on assets
-3.12%
Return on capital employed
-2.52%
Gross margin
13.00%
Net margin
-9.93%
EBITDA margin
5.67%
Revenue growth
-4.37%
Net income growth
56.71%
Free cash flow growth
169.76%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
10.88%
Current ratio
2.09x
Net debt to EBITDA
0.25x

Latest reported year

Period end
2025-12-31
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$5.14B
Cost of revenue
$4.47B
Gross profit
$668.72M
EBITDA
$291.59M
Net income
-$510.63M
Earnings per share
$-5.76
Research and development
$51.40M
Interest expense
$207.65M
Shares outstanding
117.66M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31$5.14B$668.72M-$510.63M$-5.76
2024-12-31$5.38B$62.54M-$1.18B$-11.20
2023-12-31$9.62B$1.19B$1.57B$13.41
2022-12-31$7.32B$3.07B$2.69B$22.97
2021-12-31$3.33B$997.97M$123.67M$1.07
2020-12-31$3.13B$994.85M$375.76M$3.53
2019-12-31$3.59B$1.26B$533.23M$5.03
2018-12-31$3.37B$1.22B$693.56M$6.40
2017-12-31$3.07B$1.11B$54.85M$0.49
2016-12-31$2.68B$970.31M$643.67M$5.73

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-3113.00%-9.93%-5.22%-3.20%
2024-12-311.16%-21.93%-11.56%-14.07%
2023-12-3112.33%16.36%16.28%0.96%
2022-12-3142.00%36.75%32.84%20.78%
2021-12-3129.99%3.72%2.13%9.62%
2020-12-3131.80%12.01%8.41%6.02%
2019-12-3135.04%14.86%13.03%8.59%
2018-12-3136.07%20.55%18.45%15.62%
2017-12-3136.01%1.79%1.44%6.33%
2016-12-3136.24%24.04%16.33%12.49%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-12-31$1.62B$3.12B
2024-12-31$1.19B$3.12B
2023-12-31$889.90M$3.54B
2022-12-31$1.50B$3.21B
2021-12-31$439.27M$2.00B
2020-12-31$746.72M$2.77B
2019-12-31$613.11M$2.86B
2018-12-31$555.32M$1.40B
2017-12-31$1.14B$1.42B
2016-12-31$2.27B$2.12B

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-31$692.47M$40.27M
2024-12-31-$992.65M$32.14M
2023-12-31-$827.96M$36.55M
2022-12-31$646.20M$30.47M
2021-12-31-$609.41M$20.12M
2020-12-31-$51.56M$22.84M
2019-12-31-$132.42M$19.68M
2018-12-31-$153.83M$15.23M
2017-12-31-$13.72M$19.40M
2016-12-31$538.87M$17.03M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2026-09-11
Paid in the last twelve months
$1.63
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-09-11$0.41
2026-06-12$0.41
2026-03-13$0.41
2025-12-12$0.41
2025-09-12$0.41
2025-06-13$0.41
2025-03-14$0.41
2024-12-13$0.41

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
2026-11-04
Consensus EPS estimate
$2.55

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-08-05Jun/2026$3.35
2026-05-06Mar/2026$1.24
2026-02-11Dec/2025$-0.40
2025-11-05Sep/2025$-0.92
2025-07-30Jun/2025$-0.83
2025-07-29--
2025-04-30Mar/2025$-0.62
2025-04-29--

Filings and sources

Company website
albemarle.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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