ALB PEER ANALYSIS

Albemarle Corp — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

ALBAlbemarle Corp

🇺🇸 USA · US · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

ALBIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	ALB	SY1	AKZA	DSFIR	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
P/E	—	33.56	16.51●	—	35.37	44.06	27.59
P/B	1.55	3.33	2.10	1.22●	1.80	2.96	1.79
EV/EBITDA	21.54	12.38	8.38●	11.48	9.25	9.68	12.38
P/S	2.79	2.01	1.03	1.82	0.55●	1.37	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	ALB	SY1	AKZA	DSFIR	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.07	2.52●	1.72	1.59	1.74	1.31	1.87
Debt/Equity	19.1%●	70.2%	125.2%	28.9%	75.4%	86.9%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.06●	1.42	1.94	1.51	2.31	1.77	2.15

Profitability
Metric	ALB	SY1	AKZA	DSFIR	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-4.2%	6.0%	6.3%●	-8.0%	1.5%	3.1%	3.5%
ROE	-2.3%	9.6%	13.1%●	-4.8%	5.0%	6.1%	4.4%
ROA	-1.4%	4.5%●	4.1%	-3.1%	2.0%	2.5%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	13.6%	18.4%●	16.0%	18.2%	7.9%	17.3%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	ALB	SY1	AKZA	DSFIR	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	7.9%	24.4%●	-7.0%	-2.7%	-9.5%	1.8%	1.2%
NI Growth	—	-15.3%	32.7%	—	-56.9%	155.6%●	-4.8%
Div. Yield	1.2%	1.4%	3.3%	3.0%	3.4%●	2.5%	1.5%
Payout	-153.4%	41.7%	56.0%	-73.4%	132.9%	107.9%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	ALB	LYB	RPM	SOLS	IFF	ESI	Ind. Median
P/E	—	—	20.82●	—	25.07	63.21	27.59
P/B	1.55	1.76	4.39	6.66	1.49●	3.44	1.79
EV/EBITDA	21.54	22.28	14.33	—	13.18●	33.89	12.38
P/S	2.79	0.59●	1.79	—	1.95	3.36	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	ALB	LYB	RPM	SOLS	IFF	ESI	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.07	1.54	2.28	1.43	1.49	2.68●	1.87
Debt/Equity	19.1%●	142.0%	92.1%	162.6%	41.2%	78.9%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.06●	8.84	2.27	—	2.63	5.89	2.15

Profitability
Metric	ALB	LYB	RPM	SOLS	IFF	ESI	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-4.2%	-2.7%	8.6%●	—	7.9%	5.3%	3.5%
ROE	-2.3%	-7.1%	22.9%●	—	6.2%	5.7%	4.4%
ROA	-1.4%	-2.3%	9.2%●	—	3.2%	2.8%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	13.6%	4.4%	14.9%	—	18.5%●	12.0%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	ALB	LYB	RPM	SOLS	IFF	ESI	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	7.9%	-13.9%	5.7%	—	-5.6%	13.0%●	1.2%
NI Growth	—	—	3.5%●	—	—	-48.0%	-4.8%
Div. Yield	1.2%	9.1%●	1.9%	0.1%	2.0%	0.7%	1.5%
Payout	-153.4%	-26.4%	40.3%	—	48.0%	52.6%	9.1%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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