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Albemarle ALB Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

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1.4×+0.8×
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5.5×+1.4×
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
2.7×-1.9×
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Martin Marietta MaterialsMLM
5.6×+0.5×
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2.7×+0.6×
Schlumberger
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Schlumberger SLB
2.1×+0.6×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.4B+32.7%
Gross profit$501.0M+221%
Operating income$233.5M+1,082%
Net income$319.1M+672%
EPS (diluted)$2.34

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.1B-28.2%
Total debt$2.1B-44.3%
Total equity$9.9B-1.8%
Total assets$15.1B-10.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$346.2M-36.7%
CapEx$98.7M-46.0%
Free cash flow$247.6M-32.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$19.64B+150%
Enterprise value$20.67B+106%

Profitability

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Gross margin18.4%+14.9pp
Operating margin-2.8%-1.3pp
Net margin-4.2%-1.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-2.3%-1.0pp
Debt / equity0.2×-0.2×
Current ratio2.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Albemarle’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Albemarle’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Albemarle's price / sales?
Albemarle (ALB) reported price / sales of 3.9× in Q1 2026.
How has Albemarle's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Albemarle's price / sales increased by 131.5% year-over-year, from 1.7× to 3.9×.
What is the long-term trend for Albemarle's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Albemarle's price / sales has grown at a -25.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 27.4× to 8.2×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.