Albemarle Corporation (ALB): Price and Financial Metrics

ALB POWR Grades

• ALB scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 59.79% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ALB is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• ALB's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 4.99% of US stocks).

ALB Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $26,112,566,304, Albemarle Corp has a greater market value than 90.01% of US stocks.
• The price/operating cash flow metric for Albemarle Corp is higher than 79.86% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -42.58%, Albemarle Corp's debt growth rate surpasses only 11.81% of about US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to ALB, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are AMCR, FTV, VTRS, TFX, and PNR.
• ALB's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Albemarle Corp's official web site, go to www.albemarle.com.

ALB Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, ALB's price/earnings ratio is 102.01% higher, now standing at 40.2.
• ALB's price/earnings ratio has moved up 28.6 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, ALB's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 22.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ALB.

ALB Growth Metrics

• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 256.58%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 116.25%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -7.92%.

ALB's revenue has moved up $487,147,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows ALB's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	3,229.202	976.85	703.213
2021-03-31	3,219.355	801.809	364.237
2020-12-31	3,128.909	798.914	375.764
2020-09-30	3,242.326	835.45	381.52
2020-06-30	3,375.205	728.003	438.289
2020-03-31	3,496.208	819.512	506.863

ALB's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ALB has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 59.79% of graded US stocks.
• ALB's asset turnover comes in at 0.309 -- ranking 75th of 90 Chemicals stocks.
• HXL, PPG, and MTX are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ALB.

The table below shows ALB's key quality metrics over time.