Albemarle Corp

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Major Chemicals
www.albemarle.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $6.80B
PE -5
Debt $3.95B
Cash $1.52B
EV $9.23B
FCF -$139.60M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	-$1.31B
EBIT	-$1.44B
ROE	-13%
ROA	-8%
FCF	-$139.60M
Equity	$10.27B
Growth Stability	-90%
PE	-5.2
PEG	-0.32
PB	0.66
P/FCF	-48.69
P/S	1.33
Price/Cash	0.22
Debt/Equity	0.38
Debt/FCF	-28.29
Net Margins	-0%
Gross Margins	4%
Op. Margins	-28%
Earnings CAGR	8%
Sales Growth YoY	-21%
Sales Growth QoQ	-13%
Sales CAGR	14%
FCF CAGR	2%
Equity CAGR	15%
Earnings Stability	0.09
Earnings Growth YoY	-96%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-101%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	16%

Sales CAGR 5Y	25%
FCF CAGR 5Y	2%
Equity CAGR 5Y	24%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-1%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-1%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-1%
Equity CAGR 3Y	18%
Market Cap	$6.80B
Revenue	$5.09B
Dividend Yield	3%
Payout Ratio	-14%
Assets	$17.00B
Total Debt	$3.95B
Cash	$1.52B
Shares Outstanding	117.6M
EV	9.23B
Earnings Score	7%
Moat Score	15%
Safety Score	39%
Final Score	21%
Working Capital	2.16B
Current Ratio	2.11
Gross Profit	$179.90M
Shares Growth 3y	0%
Equity Growth QoQ	1%
Equity Growth YoY	-13%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Albemarle is the world's largest lithium producer. Our outlook for robust lithium demand is predicated upon increased demand for electric vehicle batteries. Albemarle produces lithium from its salt brine deposits in Chile and the U.S. and its hard rock joint venture mines in Australia. Albemarle is also a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants. The company is also a major producer of oil refining catalysts.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Albemarle Corp (ALB) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Albemarle Corp compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Albemarle Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 8%

Stability 9%

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Albemarle Corp Discounted Cash Flow

Fully customizable DCF calculator online for Albemarle Corp.

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	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	-$140M	-$142M	-$145M	-$147M	-$150M	-$153M	-$155M	-$158M	-$161M	-$164M	-$167M	-$1.7B
DCF		-$129M	-$120M	-$111M	-$102M	-$95M	-$88M	-$81M	-$75M	-$70M	-$64M	-$644M
Value	-$1.6B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	9%	24%	2%	21%	15%	12%	4%	37%	16%	-24%	-0%
ROA	-	7%	8%	12%	7%	5%	7%	17%	2%	-10%	-8%
ROE	-	16%	1%	18%	13%	8%	2%	33%	16%	-13%	-13%

Bad Net Margins (-0.03%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	4.88	-164.63	-13.08	-24.45	-84.88	-4.57	4.98	-5.82	-3.98	-28.29
Debt over Equity	1.33	0.66	0.59	0.54	0.79	0.98	0.48	0.39	0.5	0.38	0.38
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	88%	23%	100%	100%	-90%	-90%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (-28.29)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.38)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-90%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-27%	15%	10%	6%	-13%	6%	120%	31%	-44%	25%
Earnings YoY growth	-	92%	-91%	1K%	-23%	-30%	-67%	2K%	-42%	-184%	16%
Equity YoY growth	-	16%	-3%	-2%	9%	9%	30%	41%	18%	6%	24%
FCF YoY growth	-	303%	-103%	1K%	-14%	-61%	1K%	-206%	-228%	19%	2%