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How Albemarle Corporation stacks up
ALB · against 204 other Basic Materials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
31/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #133 of 205 · scores higher than 35% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score5 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including ALB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 31?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 74% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.9% vs peer median 6.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 63% of peers. Operating margin: 4.3% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 1.4% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ALB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ALB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 198 reported | 1.9% | 8.0% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 192 reported | 4.3% | 11.2% | 31% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 223 reported | 1.4% | 2.7% | 45% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 213 reported | 2.6% | 6.5% | 40% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 226 reported | 24.0% | 29.7% | 42% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ALB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41.2B USD | 98 | 88 | |
| 1 | 17.7B USD | 98 | 88 | |
| 1 | 2.0B USD | 98 | 89 | |
| 1 | 30.8B USD | 98 | 83 | |
| 1 | 635M USD | 98 | 79 | |
| 129 | 182M USD | 40 | 53 | |
| 130 | 3.3B USD | 37 | 59 | |
| 131 | 1.1B USD | 35 | 65 | |
| 132 | 5.9B USD | 34 | 50 | |
| 133 | 10.6B USD | 31 | 53 | |
| 134 | 612M USD | 30 | 56 | |
| 135 | 816M USD | 28 | 48 | |
| 136 | 623M USD | 27 | 22 | |
| 137 | 1.1B USD | 26 | 46 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score