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Albemarle price to free cash flow ALB

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
8.2×
10-year median
34.2×
Against its 10-year history
0th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.2× to 214×
Peer median
23.6×

Albemarle's price to free cash flow is 8.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 34.2×, lower than on 100% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.2× in Oct 2026 to 214× in Jan 2026.

The median for 10 chemicals stocks of a similar size is 23.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far8.2×8.2×214×
2025169×110×169×
202429.2×28.8×34.3×
202336.5×16.4×47.0×
2022n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021197×169×197×
2020n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018142×103×142×
2017125×21.6×138×
201633.2×29.8×57.9×
201534.8×8.4×38.7×
201410.6×9.5×19.1×
201323.9×23.9×25.8×
201224.0×14.5×31.6×
201124.3×15.8×26.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals nearest Albemarle's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
ALBAlbemarle8.2×
ESIElement Solutions58.8×
EMNEastman Chemical13.8×
DDDuPont de Nemours65.2×
HXLHexcel23.6×
BCPCBalchemn/m
DOWDow14.7×
CSWCSW Industrials33.4×
CBTCabot13.6×
AVNTAvient19.7×
WDFCWD 4035.9×
Peer median23.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.