US Equities Analysis

ALB — Albemarle Corporation

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 24.79%
Profit Margins -4.24%
Return on Equity -1.82%
Return on Assets 1.6%
Free Float 0.12B
Dividend Yield 1.15%
Short Int % Utilisation 0.06%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 32.7%
Free Cash Flow 0.72B
EBITDA 19.46 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 20.77B
EV/Revenue 3.78
EV/EBITDA 19.46

Revenue growth of 32.7% places the company in a high-growth category.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 100.19%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 58.87%
1-Year Price Return* 67.90%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $136.15
52-Week Range $71.25 – $221.00
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

FCFF DCF exception: Reported operating inputs do not support a stable FCFF DCF. This post deliberately does not publish a mechanical enterprise value or implied per-share value on an unsuitable basis.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price $132.82
Market capitalisation $15.67B
Revenue $5.14B
EBIT -$344.42M
Reported free cash flow $692.47M
FCF yield 4.42%
Net debt / EBITDA 5.34x

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:21:39.490607 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Financial institutions and REITs require sector-specific methods rather than a mechanical FCFF DCF. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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