Albemarle

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) is a global specialty chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine and refining catalysts.

Launch date

1887

Employees

1001-5000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

CAD19.4b (Public information from Sep 2024)

Baton Rouge Louisiana (HQ)

http://albemarle.com

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Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	3.1b	3.3b	7.3b	9.6b	5.6b	6.4b	7.3b
% growth	(13 %)	6 %	120 %	31 %	(42 %)	14 %	14 %
EBITDA	679m	153m	2.9b	722m	1.1b	1.5b	2.0b
% EBITDA margin	22 %	5 %	39 %	8 %	19 %	23 %	27 %
Profit	376m	124m	2.7b	1.6b	(830m)	878m	2.7b
% profit margin	12 %	4 %	37 %	16 %	(15 %)	14 %	37 %
EV / revenue	5.9x	8.8x	3.7x	2.1x	2.5x	2.3x	2.0x
EV / EBITDA	27.3x	191.4x	9.5x	28.0x	13.1x	10.2x	7.4x
R&D budget	59.2m	54.0m	72.0m	85.7m	-	-	-
R&D % of revenue	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	-	-	-

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
Mar 1994	N/A	N/A	IPO
Oct 2022*	US Department of Energy	$150m	Grant
Sep 2023*	US Department of Defense	$90.0m	Grant
Dec 2023*	Decade Renewable Partners	$3.6m	Post IPO Equity
Mar 2024*	N/A	N/A	Post IPO Convertible
Total Funding		CAD327m

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ACQUISITION by Albemarle Jul 2014

Liontown Resources

ACQUISITION by Albemarle Sep 2023

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Western Lithium

ACQUISITION by Albemarle Jun 2023