The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Albemarle's share price is $280.04.
Albemarle's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $36.85. Hence, Albemarle's PS Ratio for today is 7.60.
The historical rank and industry rank for Albemarle's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
ALB'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.35 Med: 2.47 Max: 9.64
Current: 7.56
During the past 13 years, Albemarle's highest PS Ratio was 9.64. The lowest was 1.35. And the median was 2.47.
ALB's PS Ratio is ranked worse than 87.41% of 1462
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.49
vs ALB: 7.56
Albemarle's Revenue per Sharefor the
three
months ended in Jun. 2022 was $12.57.
Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $36.85.
Warning Sign:
Albemarle Corp revenue per share has been in decline over the past 3 years.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Albemarle was 26.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -2.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, Albemarle's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 23.60% per year. The lowest was -5.90% per year. And the median was 6.00% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Albemarle PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Albemarle's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Albemarle Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
PS Ratio
4.68
2.50
2.16
5.04
8.19
Albemarle Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
PS Ratio
5.79
7.50
8.19
7.16
5.67
Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Albemarle's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Distribution
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Albemarle's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Albemarle's PS Ratio falls into.
Albemarle PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Albemarle's Share Price of today is $280.04.
Albemarle's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $36.85.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
Albemarle PS Ratio Related Terms
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Albemarle is the world's largest lithium producer. Our outlook for robust lithium demand is predicated upon increased demand for electric vehicle batteries. Albemarle produces lithium from its salt brine deposits in Chile and the U.S. and its hard rock joint venture mines in Australia. Albemarle is also a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants. The company is also a major producer of oil refining catalysts.
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