Albemarle
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
7.797.076.134.42
Price/Sales ratio
1.331.131.020.91
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$10.32$11.37$13.12$18.17

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
35.4918.5915.02258.6112.0414.5141.77218.9612.4310.77-5.5414.51
Price/Sales ratio
1.931.703.614.612.472.155.018.133.461.761.592.15
Price/Book Value ratio
3.481.912.543.862.331.963.674.813.181.801.011.96
Price/Cash Flow ratio
9.6017.2613.1846.6615.3010.7519.6478.6613.3112.7817.2015.30
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
12.3846.8018.02-1.03K-54.32-58.43-304.41-44.4339.30-20.57-7.35-54.32
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.540.230.16-2.820.00-0.67-1.40-3.140.00-0.46-0.05-0.05
Dividend Yield
1.77%1.91%1.39%0.99%1.73%1.96%1.03%0.65%0.72%1.10%1.82%1.73%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
31.52%32.77%36.25%36.13%36.06%35.04%31.79%29.98%42.00%12.33%-11.83%35.04%
Operating Profit Margin
11.09%12.11%21.46%19.13%27.00%18.55%16.16%-3.03%33.74%2.61%-35.95%18.55%
Pretax Profit Margin
8.71%9.80%19.24%14.54%23.54%15.68%11.93%4.01%33.24%2.56%-42.47%15.68%
Net Profit Margin
5.45%9.17%24.04%1.78%20.55%14.85%12.00%3.71%27.90%16.36%-28.79%14.85%
Effective Tax Rate
8.67%8.13%18.68%96.64%18.22%15.66%14.57%22.03%16.05%174.38%-7.07%15.66%
Return on Assets
2.55%3.48%7.88%0.70%9.14%5.40%3.59%1.12%13.21%8.61%-10.72%5.40%
Return On Equity
9.80%10.29%16.96%1.49%19.34%13.56%8.80%2.19%25.59%16.71%-17.66%13.56%
Return on Capital Employed
6.64%5.53%8.18%8.97%14.24%7.88%5.84%-1.10%19.42%1.71%-15.04%7.88%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.931.132.902.061.681.571.22N/AN/AN/A2.441.68
Quick Ratio
2.620.812.501.561.091.030.800.631.130.851.571.09
Cash ratio
2.180.131.990.940.460.430.410.230.540.240.870.46
Days of Sales Outstanding
68.2749.5374.0473.5975.4762.2961.9261.0859.3869.6557.1762.29
Days of Inventory outstanding
78.1075.6596.29110.27118.50120.37128.31127.34178.4893.5683.21120.37
Operating Cycle
146.38125.18170.34183.87193.98182.67190.24188.42237.86163.21140.38182.67
Days of Payables Outstanding
50.4935.6260.2877.8688.3889.8782.64101.50176.4190.3953.7489.87
Cash Conversion Cycle
95.8889.56110.05106.00105.5992.80107.5986.9161.4572.8286.6392.80
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.560.390.290.230.220.300.340.210.200.220.200.30
Debt Equity Ratio
2.151.170.620.500.470.770.830.420.390.430.340.77
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.620.490.350.270.280.420.390.260.280.260.250.42
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.680.530.380.330.320.430.450.290.280.300.250.43
Interest Coverage Ratio
7.914.387.815.0913.3711.546.91N/AN/AN/A-15.0511.54
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.160.090.300.160.320.230.220.140.600.320.160.23
Company Equity Multiplier
3.842.952.152.102.112.502.441.951.931.941.702.50
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.200.090.270.090.160.200.250.100.260.130.090.20
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.770.360.73-0.04-0.28-0.18-0.06-1.770.33-0.62-2.33-0.18
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.160.090.300.160.320.230.220.140.600.320.160.23
Short Term Coverage Ratio
0.690.532.960.721.773.840.990.88N/A2.11200.251.77
Dividend Payout Ratio
63.08%35.62%21.02%256.25%20.84%28.54%43.06%143.81%9.02%11.89%-14.36%28.54%