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Arphra AIPlain-English read on Albemarle Corporation’s valuationRatios & metrics
Profitability, returns on capital, growth, and credit — all derived from the historical income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow rows in our data warehouse.
Quality composite
BSolid
A snapshot of the latest fiscal year’s margins, returns on capital, balance-sheet strength and efficiency, computed from the income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow rows. Source income / balance / cash_flow.
Profitability
Gross margin13.1%
Operating margin1.8%
Net margin-9.9%
ROE-5.2%
ROA-3.1%
ROIC1.2%
Liquidity & leverage
Current ratio2.23×
Quick ratio1.57×
Debt / equity0.34×
Net debt / EBITDA2.23×
Interest coverage0×
Efficiency & per-share
Asset turnover0.31×
Inventory days96
Days sales out.54
FCF / share$5.88
Book value / share$83.10
Valuation multiples
Price- and EV-based multiples plus shareholder yields. Snapshot at each fiscal year-end from key_metrics (FMP).
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| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline | |||||||||
| Market cap | — | — | — | $10.12B | $16.65B | — | — | — | — |
| Enterprise value | — | — | — | $12.54B | $18.33B | — | — | — | — |
| Multiples | |||||||||
| P / E | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P / B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | — | — | — | 2.33 | 3.56 | — | — | — | — |
| EV / FCF | — | — | — | -12.63 | 26.47 | — | — | — | — |
| Yields | |||||||||
| Earnings yield | — | — | — | -11.66% | -3.07% | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow yield | — | — | — | -9.81% | +4.16% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividend yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Profitability
Margin structure across the last 5 fiscal years
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| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margins | |||||||||
| Gross margin | +30.30% | +42.15% | +12.49% | +1.12% | +13.06% | +9.00% | +9.00% | +9.04% | +9.10% |
| Operating margin | +16.01% | +34.17% | +2.51% | -11.83% | +1.82% | -2.57% | -2.53% | -2.53% | -2.56% |
| EBITDA margin | +23.64% | +38.28% | +6.98% | -0.84% | +14.67% | +7.03% | +7.14% | +7.14% | +6.75% |
| EBIT margin | +16.01% | +34.17% | +2.51% | -11.83% | +1.82% | -2.52% | -2.50% | -2.48% | -2.50% |
| Pre-tax margin | +6.89% | +43.79% | +21.84% | -19.50% | -6.00% | -1.20% | -1.20% | -1.23% | -1.22% |
| Net margin | +3.72% | +36.75% | +16.36% | -21.93% | -9.93% | -5.26% | -5.07% | -5.11% | -5.30% |
| Cost structure | |||||||||
| Cost of revenue / sales | +69.70% | +57.85% | +87.51% | +98.88% | +86.94% | +90.56% | +89.53% | +91.80% | +89.28% |
| R&D intensity | +1.62% | +0.98% | +0.89% | +1.61% | +1.00% | +1.18% | +1.18% | +1.20% | +1.16% |
| SG&A intensity | +12.67% | +7.00% | +9.09% | +11.33% | +10.24% | +10.07% | +9.95% | +10.03% | +10.06% |
| Effective tax rate | +12.84% | +12.18% | +20.48% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Returns on capital
ROE / ROA / ROC / ROIC over the relevant capital base, plus the 3-step DuPont decomposition of ROE.
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| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Returns | |||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | +2.13% | +32.84% | +16.28% | -11.56% | -5.22% | -3.32% | -3.25% | -3.14% | -3.34% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | +1.13% | +17.40% | +8.61% | -7.10% | -3.12% | -1.95% | -1.86% | -1.89% | -1.94% |
| Return on capital (ROC) | +6.40% | +21.74% | +1.73% | -4.60% | +0.72% | -1.18% | -1.18% | -1.15% | -1.18% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | +1.49% | +23.38% | +11.28% | -3.45% | +0.54% | -0.89% | -0.89% | -0.86% | -0.88% |
| Asset turnover | +30.33% | +47.36% | +52.64% | +32.38% | +31.41% | +37.05% | +36.73% | +36.90% | +36.59% |
| DuPont · ROE decomposition | |||||||||
| Net margin | +3.72% | +36.75% | +16.36% | -21.93% | -9.93% | -5.26% | -5.07% | -5.11% | -5.30% |
| Asset turnover (× revenue / assets) | +30.33% | +47.36% | +52.64% | +32.38% | +31.41% | +37.05% | +36.73% | +36.90% | +36.59% |
| Equity multiplier (× assets / equity) | +189.03% | +188.70% | +189.04% | +162.84% | +167.40% | +170.56% | +174.39% | +166.56% | +172.59% |
Activity & efficiency
Turnover ratios and days-outstanding — how efficiently the business converts assets and working capital into sales and cash.
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| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | |||||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.30 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 |
| Fixed-asset turnover | 0.55 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.59 | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory turnover | 2.90 | 2.04 | 3.89 | 3.54 | 3.79 | — | — | — | — |
| Receivables turnover | 4.75 | 5.05 | 5.24 | 5.05 | 6.72 | — | — | — | — |
| Payables turnover | 3.58 | 2.06 | 4.03 | 5.63 | 4.89 | — | — | — | — |
| Days outstanding | |||||||||
| Days sales outstanding (DSO) | 76.78 | 72.23 | 69.65 | 72.32 | 54.28 | — | — | — | — |
| Days inventory outstanding (DIO) | 125.67 | 178.95 | 93.73 | 103.14 | 96.27 | — | — | — | — |
| Days payables outstanding (DPO) | 101.97 | 176.88 | 90.56 | 64.79 | 74.58 | — | — | — | — |
| Cash conversion cycle | 100.48 | 74.30 | 72.83 | 110.67 | 75.97 | — | — | — | — |
Cash flow quality
How well reported earnings translate into operating and free cash flow, plus reinvestment intensity.
ActualEstimate
| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating CF / Net income | 2.78 | 0.71 | 0.84 | -0.58 | -2.51 | -3.28 | -3.37 | -3.36 | -3.27 |
| FCF / Net income | -4.93 | 0.24 | -0.53 | 0.84 | -1.36 | 0.85 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.87 |
| FCF margin | -18.31% | +8.83% | -8.61% | -18.46% | +13.46% | -4.47% | -4.55% | -4.47% | -4.58% |
| OCF margin | +10.34% | +26.06% | +13.79% | +12.79% | +24.93% | +17.24% | +17.06% | +17.18% | +17.34% |
| CapEx / Revenue | +28.66% | +17.24% | +22.40% | +31.25% | +11.47% | +21.68% | +21.25% | +22.27% | +21.93% |
| CapEx / D&A | 3.75 | 4.19 | 5.01 | 2.85 | 0.90 | — | — | — | — |
| Stock-based comp / Revenue | +0.60% | +0.42% | +0.38% | +0.60% | +0.78% | — | — | — | — |
Per-share & shareholder yield
EPS, book value, sales, cash flow and dividends per share — plus payout / retention.
ActualEstimate
| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS · diluted | 1.06 | 22.84 | 13.36 | -11.20 | -5.75 | 12.38 | 12.52 | 12.42 | 11.56 |
| EPS · basic | 1.07 | 22.97 | 13.41 | -11.20 | -5.75 | 12.52 | 12.66 | 12.51 | 11.43 |
| Book value / share | 49.82 | 69.54 | 82.07 | 86.79 | 83.10 | 84.47 | 88.68 | 96.09 | 93.23 |
| Tangible BV / share | 33.46 | 53.36 | 66.01 | 71.36 | 68.54 | 84.47 | 88.68 | 96.09 | 93.23 |
| Sales / share | 28.56 | 62.14 | 81.66 | 45.76 | 43.69 | 53.38 | 56.80 | 59.06 | 58.87 |
| Operating CF / share | 2.95 | 16.20 | 11.26 | 5.85 | 10.89 | 9.20 | 9.69 | 10.15 | 10.21 |
| Free cash flow / share | -5.23 | 5.49 | -7.03 | -8.45 | 5.88 | -2.39 | -2.58 | -2.64 | -2.70 |
| Dividends / share | 1.53 | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.60 | 1.62 | 1.65 | 1.72 | 1.78 | 1.81 |
| Payout ratio | +143.81% | +6.86% | +11.90% | -15.98% | -37.31% | -58.65% | -59.80% | -58.85% | -58.08% |
| Retention ratio | -43.81% | +93.14% | +88.10% | +115.98% | +137.31% | +158.65% | +159.80% | +158.85% | +158.08% |
Growth
Year-over-year change for headline P&L lines, plus through-cycle CAGR
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| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E | 8y CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top-line | ||||||||||
| Revenue · YoY | — | +119.96% | +31.38% | -44.08% | -4.37% | +22.61% | +6.25% | +3.00% | +1.21% | +9.71% |
| Gross profit · YoY | — | +205.97% | -61.08% | -94.98% | +1014.92% | -15.50% | +6.32% | +3.45% | +1.83% | -5.61% |
| Profit | ||||||||||
| Operating income · YoY | — | +369.62% | -90.36% | -363.77% | +114.75% | -272.87% | -4.76% | -2.93% | -2.29% | — |
| EBITDA · YoY | — | +256.23% | -76.05% | -106.72% | +1773.84% | -41.27% | +7.98% | +2.99% | -4.37% | -6.21% |
| Net income · YoY | — | +2074.96% | -41.50% | -174.96% | +56.71% | +35.05% | -2.39% | -3.90% | -4.83% | — |
| Operating | ||||||||||
| EBIT · YoY | — | +369.62% | -90.36% | -363.77% | +114.75% | -269.62% | -5.30% | -2.13% | -2.16% | — |
| R&D · YoY | — | +33.23% | +19.09% | +1.16% | -40.73% | +44.63% | +6.25% | +4.87% | -2.24% | +5.19% |
| Per-share | ||||||||||
| EPS · diluted · YoY | — | +2054.72% | -41.51% | -183.83% | +48.66% | +315.27% | +1.18% | -0.79% | -6.94% | +34.81% |
| EPS · basic · YoY | — | +2046.73% | -41.62% | -183.52% | +48.66% | +317.82% | +1.06% | -1.21% | -8.63% | +34.45% |
Credit & leverage
Balance-sheet health + interest coverage + liquidity. Coverage ratios use period-end debt and trailing interest expense.
ActualEstimate
| In USD | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | 2028E | 2029E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverage | |||||||||
| Total debt | $2.52B | $3.32B | $4.28B | $3.62B | $3.3B | $3.72B | $3.9B | $3.96B | $4.15B |
| Net debt | $2.08B | $1.82B | $3.39B | $2.42B | $1.68B | $2.37B | $2.52B | $2.49B | $2.68B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.65 | 0.65 | 5.05 | -53.77 | 2.23 | 5.35 | 5.26 | 5.06 | 5.69 |
| Debt / equity | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.38 |
| Debt / assets | +22.97% | +21.46% | +23.43% | +21.77% | +20.13% | +21.83% | +21.40% | +21.19% | +21.73% |
| Equity / assets | +52.90% | +52.99% | +52.90% | +61.41% | +59.74% | +58.63% | +57.34% | +60.04% | +57.94% |
| Coverage | |||||||||
| EBITDA / interest expense | 12.80 | 22.79 | 5.78 | -0.27 | 3.63 | 2.47 | 2.64 | 2.61 | 2.43 |
| Operating income / interest | 8.66 | 20.34 | 2.08 | -3.84 | 0.45 | -0.90 | -0.94 | -0.93 | -0.92 |
| Interest expense | $61.48M | $122.97M | $116.07M | $165.62M | $207.65M | $179.44M | $181.09M | $188.44M | $193.92M |
| Liquidity | |||||||||
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.89 | 1.47 | 1.95 | 2.23 | — | — | — | — |
| Quick ratio | 0.61 | 1.08 | 0.77 | 1.15 | 1.33 | — | — | — | — |
| Cash ratio | 0.23 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.61 | 0.90 | — | — | — | — |
| Working capital | $119.35M | $2.45B | $1.66B | $1.88B | $2.21B | — | — | — | — |
| Working capital / revenue | +3.59% | +33.41% | +17.22% | +34.88% | +42.98% | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from key_metrics + financial_ratios (loaded by load_fundamentals_extended.py).
Valuation
| Metric | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| P / E | — | — |
| P / B | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 3.56x | 2.33x |
| Earnings yield | -3.1% | -11.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | -9.8% |
Returns
| Metric | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | — |
| Net margin | — | — |
| ROE | -5.4% | -11.8% |
| ROA | -3.1% | -7.1% |
| ROIC | 0.6% | -4.2% |
Leverage & liquidity
| Metric | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Debt / equity | — | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.23 | -53.77 |
| Interest coverage | — | — |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 1.95x |
| Quick ratio | — | — |
Methodology. ROE / ROA / ROC use period-end balance-sheet denominators (no average-of- period smoothing). ROIC = Operating Income × (1 − inferred effective tax rate) over invested capital, with the effective tax inferred from net-to-operating income when both are positive and a 25% default otherwise. Net debt / EBITDA, debt ratios, and interest-coverage ratios are calculated point-in-time at each fiscal year-end. TTM = trailing 4 quarters (income / cash flow summed, balance sheet = most-recent quarterly snapshot). Through-cycle CAGR in the Growth panel uses the geometric mean of first-to-last period growth across the window (positive values only).