Comparison

ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB) vs LINDE PLC (LIN)

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%

LIN

LINDE PLC

Specialty Chemicals

Revenue, FY25: $33.99B
Net income: $6.9B
Operating cash flow: $10.35B
Free cash flow: $5.09B
Net margin: 20.30%
Operating margin: 26.25%
Gross margin: -

Head-to-head

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

Metric	ALB	LIN
Revenue growth, latest filed year	−4.37%	+2.97%
Piotroski F-score	5 of 9	4 of 8
P/E against its own history	165.18% above	17.87% below

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.

LIN

Goodwill impairment
Export controls
Currency moves
Commodity prices
Tax
Key people

And 9 more.

Tracked managers holding both

Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management 0.07% · 0.09%

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