Albemarle Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Albemarle ratio analysis
Albemarle earned a net margin of -9.9% in FY 2025, up from -21.9% a year earlier. Gross margin was 13.0% compared with a median of 35.0% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached -5.4%, meaning Albemarle generated -0.05 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.33 versus 0.35 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.23. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Albemarle financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2021 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | — | — | 10.81 | 9.49 | 220.54 | 41.91 | 14.26 | 12.03 | 261.00 | 15.15 |
| Price / sales | 3.29 | 1.92 | 1.76 | 3.47 | 8.14 | 5.02 | 2.11 | 2.45 | 4.62 | 3.61 |
| Price / book | 1.78 | 1.04 | 1.80 | 3.18 | 4.81 | 3.68 | 1.93 | 2.31 | 3.86 | 2.55 |
| Gross margin | 13.0% | 1.2% | 12.3% | 42.0% | 30.0% | 31.8% | 35.0% | 36.1% | 36.0% | 36.2% |
| Operating margin | -7.1% | -33.0% | 2.6% | 33.7% | 24.0% | 16.2% | 18.6% | 27.0% | 18.6% | 22.4% |
| Net margin | -9.9% | -21.9% | 16.4% | 36.7% | 3.7% | 12.0% | 14.9% | 20.6% | 1.8% | 24.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 13.5% | -18.5% | -8.6% | 8.9% | -18.3% | -1.6% | -3.7% | -4.6% | -0.4% | 20.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | -5.4% | -11.8% | 16.7% | 33.7% | 2.2% | 8.8% | 13.6% | 19.3% | 1.5% | 17.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | -3.1% | -7.1% | 8.6% | 17.4% | 1.1% | 3.6% | 5.4% | 9.1% | 0.7% | 7.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.62 |
| Current ratio | 2.23 | 1.95 | 1.47 | 1.89 | 1.06 | 1.22 | 1.58 | 1.69 | 2.06 | 2.90 |
| Revenue growth | -4.4% | -44.1% | 31.4% | 120.0% | 6.4% | -12.8% | 6.4% | 9.9% | 14.7% | -5.3% |
| EPS growth | — | -183.8% | -41.5% | 2,054.7% | -69.9% | -29.9% | -20.8% | 1,193.9% | -91.4% | 89.3% |