Albemarle Corporation (ALB): Price and Financial Metrics

ALB POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where ALB ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 58.54% of US stocks.
• ALB's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 161 days.
• ALB ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 4th percentile.

ALB Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $26,471,740,763, Albemarle Corp has a greater market value than 89.89% of US stocks.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 124.79, Albemarle Corp P/E ratio is greater than that of about 95.03% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -42.95%, Albemarle Corp's debt growth rate surpasses merely 11.34% of about US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Albemarle Corp are STE, MKC, VIAC, FTV, and AMCR.
• 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 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 84.35%.
• The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 68.07%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -7.92%.

ALB's revenue has moved down $62,050,000 over the prior 33 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
2021-09-30	3,312.9	827.786	212.131
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

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 62.3% of graded US stocks.
• ALB's asset turnover comes in at 0.313 -- ranking 74th of 89 Chemicals stocks.
• TSE, HXL, and NEU are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ALB.

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