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Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $2.5B and $8.7B next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $1B–10B filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $1.6B to $13.7B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (8 filers, $50M+ revenue, plastic materials, synth resins & nonvulcan elastomers): growth -4.4% against -3.4%.", "peers": { "sic": 2821, "sicDescription": "Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers", "calendarYear": 2025, "minRevenue": 50000000, "depth": 4, "group": "2821", "growth": [ -0.0335, 8 ], "equityRatio": [ 0.4319, 8 ] }, "summary": "Albemarle (ALB) saw revenue fall 4.4% in FY2025 to $5.1 billion, operating margin -7.1%, equity 58.2% of assets, and dividend per share up 17 years running. Every figure is from the company’s own annual report filed with the SEC.", "chart": "
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION against its own record and its peers
Operating margin-7.1%Revenue, on the yearPeer median -3.4%-4.4%Equity of assetsPeer median 43.2%58.2%Return on equity-5.4%Gold tick: the median of 8–8 peers with $50M+ revenue in plastic materials, synth resins & nonvulcan elastomers
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Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profitHanded back per share$1.62up 17 years runningRevenue growth it managed-4.4%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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