Last 47 quarters of trend data · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Quarterly valuation ratios — annualised for comparability. YoY Δ shows same-quarter-prior-year change.
| Metric | TTM | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 | Q3 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E Ratio → | -16.09 | 10.48 | 19.18 | — | — | — | — | 74.21 | — | — | — | — | 16.54 | 10.10 | 5.26 | 5.65 | 8.69 | 15.10 | 25.72 | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +90.4% | -33.1% | -79.6% | — | — | +29.8% | -40.9% | — | — | |
| P/S Ratio | 2.12 | 2.64 | 3.73 | 2.91 | 1.82 | 1.39 | 1.97 | 2.06 | 2.05 | 1.96 | 2.84 | 1.80 | 2.17 | 2.77 | 2.52 | 2.44 | 3.73 | 4.16 | 5.77 | 7.65 | 7.71 |
| — | +90.3% | +89.5% | +41.7% | -11.2% | -29.4% | -30.8% | +14.3% | -5.2% | -29.2% | +12.6% | -26.2% | -41.8% | -33.3% | -56.2% | -68.1% | -51.7% | -35.0% | +15.5% | +69.9% | +141.4% | |
| P/B Ratio | 1.11 | 1.75 | 2.11 | 1.70 | 0.93 | 0.70 | 0.82 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 0.98 | 1.31 | 1.75 | 1.97 | 2.60 | 2.75 | 3.12 | 4.48 | 3.90 | 4.31 | 4.71 | 4.34 |
| — | +148.6% | +155.5% | +71.3% | -12.4% | -28.2% | -37.1% | -43.4% | -46.2% | -62.5% | -52.4% | -43.8% | -56.0% | -33.3% | -36.1% | -33.7% | +3.0% | +25.6% | +54.7% | +33.0% | +96.9% | |
| P/FCF | 15.76 | 7.20 | 21.50 | 17.85 | 10.68 | — | 5.84 | — | — | — | — | — | 60.36 | — | 21.32 | 12.62 | 13.39 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | +268.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +350.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.69 | 6.17 | 14.11 | 21.61 | 21.16 | 10.43 | 14.61 | 21.27 | — | — | — | — | — | 15.12 | 5.79 | 7.38 | 8.54 | 13.24 | 17.68 | 36.98 | 34.33 |
| — | -40.9% | -3.4% | +1.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +14.1% | -67.3% | -80.0% | -75.1% | -54.3% | -11.4% | +54.0% | +127.7% | |
| EV / EBIT | 134.26 | 10.10 | 19.22 | — | — | 19.47 | 28.08 | 22.36 | — | — | 83.22 | — | — | 18.89 | 6.25 | 8.13 | 9.28 | 15.38 | 21.43 | 56.27 | 50.18 |
| — | -48.1% | -31.6% | — | — | — | -66.3% | — | — | — | +1231.2% | — | — | +22.8% | -70.8% | -85.5% | -81.5% | -65.0% | -22.2% | +60.3% | +137.7% |
Quarterly margins and returns. Watch for margin compression across consecutive quarters.
| Metric | TTM | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 | Q3 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 13.1% | 33.9% | 35.1% | 14.2% | 9.0% | 14.8% | 14.3% | 11.2% | -7.7% | -0.7% | 2.6% | -29.3% | 2.5% | 23.6% | 49.4% | 38.6% | 49.9% | 39.3% | 39.6% | 27.6% | 30.0% |
| — | +128.7% | +144.6% | +26.5% | +217.1% | +2101.7% | +441.4% | +138.3% | -407.9% | -103.1% | -94.6% | -175.9% | -95.0% | -40.0% | +24.8% | +39.7% | +66.3% | +22.3% | +24.4% | -8.5% | -11.8% | |
| Operating Margin | 1.8% | 26.0% | 16.3% | 3.4% | -2.3% | 4.0% | 1.6% | -1.3% | -20.7% | -13.4% | -10.6% | -37.9% | -5.4% | 15.7% | 42.9% | 32.1% | 42.7% | 29.8% | 29.0% | 14.6% | 16.2% |
| — | +543.0% | +903.5% | +368.4% | +88.7% | +130.2% | +115.4% | +96.7% | -283.0% | -184.9% | -124.7% | -218.1% | -112.6% | -47.2% | +48.0% | +119.7% | +163.2% | +92.9% | +47.1% | -3.9% | -17.4% | |
| Net Margin | -9.9% | 27.5% | 22.3% | -29.0% | -12.3% | 1.7% | 3.8% | 6.1% | -78.9% | -13.2% | 0.2% | -26.2% | 13.1% | 27.4% | 48.0% | 43.2% | 42.9% | 27.5% | 22.5% | -0.4% | -47.3% |
| — | +1499.2% | +481.7% | -574.5% | +84.4% | +113.1% | +2034.3% | +123.3% | -702.7% | -148.0% | -99.6% | -160.7% | -69.5% | -0.2% | +113.6% | +10204.5% | +190.7% | -49.9% | +94.7% | -104.4% | -459.3% |
| Metric | TTM | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 | Q3 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | -5.1% | 4.7% | 3.2% | -4.1% | -1.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.7% | -9.7% | -1.6% | 0.0% | -6.2% | 3.0% | 6.7% | 14.0% | 14.9% | 13.5% | 6.6% | 4.3% | -0.1% | -6.4% |
| — | +2009.9% | +694.4% | -667.7% | +84.1% | +113.6% | +1671.5% | +111.7% | -425.6% | -124.3% | -99.8% | -141.7% | -77.9% | +0.9% | +227.9% | +22950.8% | +311.1% | -4.4% | +132.9% | -103.4% | -378.0% | |
| ROA | -3.1% | 3.1% | 2.0% | -2.5% | -0.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | -6.0% | -1.0% | 0.0% | -3.3% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 6.8% | 3.4% | 2.3% | -0.0% | -3.6% |
| — | +2216.2% | +722.9% | -658.9% | +84.4% | +113.3% | +1778.6% | +113.3% | -474.5% | -128.4% | -99.8% | -143.0% | -76.6% | +4.3% | +231.5% | +22134.2% | +287.5% | -15.6% | +145.3% | -104.3% | -476.9% | |
| ROIC | 0.6% | 3.1% | 1.6% | 0.3% | -0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -1.6% | -1.1% | -0.8% | -5.3% | -0.8% | 2.4% | 7.9% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| — | +859.5% | +1390.4% | +430.8% | +88.6% | +130.0% | +112.8% | +98.2% | -112.7% | -144.8% | -110.4% | -179.7% | -110.3% | -38.2% | +155.7% | +416.5% | +455.9% | +227.3% | +85.8% | -6.3% | -12.5% |
Quarterly solvency trend — watch for debt spikes or covenant pressure.
| Metric | TTM | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 | Q3 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.34 |
| — | -46.8% | -47.5% | -4.9% | +6.9% | +15.4% | +18.6% | -20.0% | -5.5% | -12.0% | -12.7% | +9.4% | -25.6% | -36.5% | -17.1% | -6.8% | +41.1% | +70.8% | +20.7% | -47.4% | -58.1% | |
| Debt / EBITDA | 4.37 | 2.61 | 4.81 | 15.55 | 27.87 | 16.71 | 20.09 | 24.50 | — | — | — | — | — | 7.54 | 2.70 | 3.58 | 3.47 | 6.75 | 6.28 | 12.67 | 10.27 |
| — | -84.4% | -76.1% | -36.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +11.7% | -56.9% | -71.8% | -66.2% | -40.2% | -30.2% | -32.9% | -40.5% | |
| Current Ratio | 2.23 | 2.09 | 2.07 | 2.23 | 2.27 | 2.31 | 2.11 | 1.95 | 2.44 | 2.67 | 2.84 | 1.47 | 1.81 | 1.74 | 1.90 | 1.89 | 1.73 | 1.88 | 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.31 |
| — | -9.7% | -2.1% | +14.1% | -7.0% | -13.4% | -25.6% | +33.4% | +35.2% | +53.6% | +49.5% | -22.6% | +4.7% | -7.6% | +71.0% | +77.9% | +32.2% | -13.9% | -47.3% | -13.1% | -5.4% | |
| Quick Ratio | 1.57 | 1.35 | 1.21 | 1.57 | 1.51 | 1.47 | 1.26 | 1.19 | 1.58 | 1.75 | 1.91 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.99 | 1.13 | 1.08 | 1.20 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.84 |
| — | -7.9% | -3.7% | +32.2% | -4.3% | -16.0% | -34.0% | +38.6% | +67.0% | +97.7% | +92.6% | -24.4% | -12.4% | -26.1% | +57.7% | +78.0% | +28.7% | -16.9% | -54.7% | -21.1% | -3.4% | |
| Interest Coverage | -0.48 | 15.01 | 8.67 | -3.23 | -2.50 | 2.39 | 1.93 | 3.14 | -18.89 | -4.89 | 1.34 | -26.00 | -4.25 | 14.59 | 41.36 | 35.02 | 30.08 | 10.65 | 11.75 | 24.65 | 26.23 |
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Albemarle Corporation's current P/E is -16.1x. The average P/E over the last 2 quarters is 14.8x. Quarterly P/E ratios can vary due to seasonal revenue patterns and one-time charges.
Albemarle Corporation's current operating margin is 1.8%. Margins have been expanding over recent quarters. Quarterly margins are particularly useful for identifying trend inflections that annual data smooths over.
Quarterly financial ratios reveal short-term trend shifts — margin compression, debt spikes, or valuation re-ratings — that annual figures smooth over. They're essential for active investors tracking Albemarle Corporation's business trajectory between earnings reports.