Comparison

ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB) vs ECOLAB INC. (ECL)

The same filed metrics for both companies, side by side.

What each names as a risk in its own annual report, how each is priced against its own history, and the tracked managers whose latest 13F reports a position in both.

Financials

ALB

ALBEMARLE CORP

Specialty Chemicals

Revenue, FY25: $5.14B
Net income: −$511M
Operating cash flow: $1.28B
Free cash flow: $692M
Net margin: −9.93%
Operating margin: −7.14%
Gross margin: 13.00%

ECL

ECOLAB INC.

Specialty Chemicals

Revenue, FY25: $16.08B
Net income: $2.09B
Operating cash flow: $2.95B
Free cash flow: $1.9B
Net margin: 13.02%
Operating margin: 17.02%
Gross margin: 44.46%

Head-to-head

Filed growth, quality and valuation, read against each company’s own history rather than against the other side.

Metric	ALB	ECL
Revenue growth, latest filed year	−4.37%	+2.16%
Piotroski F-score	5 of 9	6 of 9
P/E against its own history	165.18% above	about normal

What each says it is exposed to

From Item 1A of each company’s most recent 10-K.

ALB

Commodity prices
Debt covenants
China
Currency moves
Tax
Goodwill impairment

And 20 more.

ECL

Goodwill impairment
Commodity prices
Tax
Russia and Ukraine
Pandemic
Cybersecurity

And 14 more.

Tracked managers holding both

Baillie Gifford Baillie Gifford & Co 0.04% · 0.19%
Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management 0.07% · 0.13%

Updated Sep 3, 2026 · the newer of the two companies' filings