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ALB (Albemarle) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jul. 24, 2025)


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What is Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Albemarle Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
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Albemarle Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Albemarle Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Albemarle's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Albemarle's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=3.085/134.9266*134.9266
=3.085

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Albemarle Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.288 100.684 0.386
201509 1.163 100.392 1.563
201512 -0.170 99.792 -0.230
201603 1.016 100.470 1.364
201606 0.342 101.688 0.454
201609 1.406 101.861 1.862
201612 1.991 101.863 2.637
201703 0.251 102.862 0.329
201706 -1.612 103.349 -2.105
201709 0.353 104.136 0.457
201712 0.882 104.011 1.144
201803 -0.092 105.290 -0.118
201806 -0.423 106.317 -0.537
201809 -0.348 106.507 -0.441
201812 -0.552 105.998 -0.703
201903 -1.516 107.251 -1.907
201906 -0.518 108.070 -0.647
201909 -0.437 108.329 -0.544
201912 1.227 108.420 1.527
202003 -0.558 108.902 -0.691
202006 -1.423 108.767 -1.765
202009 0.481 109.815 0.591
202012 1.007 109.897 1.236
202103 -0.192 111.754 -0.232
202106 0.091 114.631 0.107
202109 -1.292 115.734 -1.506
202112 -3.799 117.630 -4.358
202203 -0.217 121.301 -0.241
202206 -3.540 125.017 -3.821
202209 4.937 125.227 5.319
202212 4.295 125.222 4.628
202303 2.591 127.348 2.745
202306 -3.651 128.729 -3.827
202309 0.704 129.860 0.731
202312 -6.648 129.419 -6.931
202403 -4.098 131.776 -4.196
202406 -0.721 132.554 -0.734
202409 -0.532 133.029 -0.540
202412 -3.020 133.157 -3.060
202503 3.085 134.927 3.085

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Albemarle  (NYSE:ALB) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Albemarle Business Description

Industry
Address
4250 Congress Street, Suite 900, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28209
Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers. In the lithium industry, the majority of demand comes from batteries, where lithium is used as the energy storage material, particularly in electric vehicles. Albemarle is a fully integrated lithium producer. Its upstream resources include salt brine deposits in Chile and the US and two hard rock mines in Australia, both of which are joint ventures. The company operates lithium refining plants in Chile, the US, Australia, and China. Albemarle is a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants. It is also a major producer of oil refining catalysts.
Executives
J Kent Masters director ALBEMARLE CORP., 451 FLORIDA ST, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Netha N. Johnson officer: President, Bromine Specialties 3489 CRESTMOOR DRIVE, WOODBURY MN 55125
Barichivich John Clarence Iii officer: VP, Controller & CAO 4250 CONGRESS ST., SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Kristin M Coleman officer: EVP, General Counsel 140 HAZEL AVE., GLENCOE IL 60022
Neal Ravi Sheorey officer: Chief Financial Officer 4250 CONGRESS STREET, SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Michael James Simmons officer: President - Ketjen 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3200, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Eric Norris officer: President, Lithium 1519 AUDUBON ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Sean B. O'hollaren officer: Chief External Affairs Officer 4250 CONGRESS STREET, SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Jacobus G. Fourie officer: Chief Capital Projects Officer 4250 CONGRESS STREET, SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Scott Tozier officer: EVP & CFO ALBEMARLE CORP, 4250 CONGRESS ST STE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Karen G Narwold officer: EVP, Chief Admin Officer ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, 4250 CONGRESS ST, SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Raphael Goszcz Crawford officer: President, Catalysts 4311 GREENBRIAR HILLS PLANTATION RD, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Ralf Hans Cramer director MIERENDORSFSTRASSE 26, BENSHEIM 2M 64625
Kissam Luther C Iv director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 3801 BERESFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Melissa H. Anderson officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, 4250 CONGRESS ST. SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209