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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB | -10.14% | -11.07% | -2.32% | +2,092% |
| S&P | +19.61% | +98.99% | +14.75% | +1,353% |
Albemarle Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of chemicals for consumer electronics, petroleum refining, utilities, packaging, construction, transportation, pharmaceuticals, crop production, food-safety, and custom chemistry services. It operates through the following business segments: Lithium, Bromine, Catalysts, and All Other. The Lithium segment develops and manufactures basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and value-added lithium specialties and reagents. The Bromine segment consists of bromine and bromine-based businesses including products used in fire safety solutions and other specialty chemicals applications. The Catalysts segment contains two product lines: clean fuel technologies, which are primarily composed of hydro processing catalysts, and heavy oil upgrading that is composed of fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives. The All Other segment includes the FCS business. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
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| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.33B | -7.0% |
| Gross Profit | $196.88M | 1961.2% |
| Gross Margin | 14.80% | 15.5% |
| Market Cap | $7.37B | -34.3% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $0.89M | 0.0% |
| Employees | 8.3K | -7.8% |
| Net Income | $35.19M | 119.9% |
| EBITDA | $222.47M | 521.3% |
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| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $1.81B | -1.3% |
| Accounts Receivable | $766.43M | -2.4% |
| Inventory | 1.6K | -8.8% |
| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $3.27B | -9.8% |
| Short Term Debt | $473.58M | 1399.6% |
| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | -5.21% | -2.5% |
| Return On Invested Capital | 6.75% | -3.3% |
| Q2 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | -$126.83M | -49.7% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | -$7.20M | -102.0% |
| Metric | Q4 2023 | Q1 2024 | YoY Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 10.83 | 47.96 | - | ||
| Price to Book | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.10 | 0.95 | -21.65% |
| Price to Sales | 1.71 | 1.88 | 1.66 | 1.48 | -1.89% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | 1.56 | 1.65 | 1.43 | 1.24 | -18.06% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | -134.25 | 102.05 | 72.33 | 53.07 | -118.02% |
| Return on Equity | -18.6% | -12.2% | -10.6% | -8.7% | 81.88% |
| Total Debt | $3.71B | $3.65B | $3.67B | $3.75B | 2.37% |
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