ADP vs ALB Stock Comparison

Scores Breakdown

Metric	ADP	ALB
📈 Growth	26/30	27/30
💰 Profitability	18/20	15/20
🏦 Financial Health	12/20	18/20
💵 Valuation	14/20	14/20
⚠️ Risk (lower is better)	6/10	7/10
Overall Score	74/100	77/100

Side-by-Side Summaries

ADP Analysis	ALB Analysis
📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory Over the 8 quarters, revenues rose from about $4.77B (2024 Q4) to about $5.36B (2026 Q4). Net income progressed from roughly $0.83B to $1.06B, a 28% increase, signaling earnings leverage as the top line expanded. The quarterly path fluctuated—peaking near $5.55B in 2025 Q3/Q4 before settling in the $5.2–$5.36B range—yet the trend remains clearly positive. The Gross Margin held in the high-40s to mid-50s, while Operating Margin stayed in the low- to mid-20s, underpinning a solid profitability trajectory. 💰 Margins & Cash Flow Gross Margin: roughly 46–56% across periods, with a peak around 56%. Operating Margin: generally 20–24%, supporting meaningful operating leverage. Net cash flow from operating activities was consistently positive in most quarters, while investing cash flow was mostly modestly negative and financing activity contributed steady liquidity. 🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity Current assets ($52B) vs current liabilities ($50B) yields a tight but adequate liquidity cushion. Liabilities ($57B) exceed equity ($6B), indicating leverage, but assets and ongoing operating cash flows provide resilience. The balance sheet remains stable with a solid asset base. ⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks Drivers: Recurring payroll/data-processing demand; large installed base and stable cash flows. Risks: Valuation sensitivity to growth momentum; exposure to regulatory shifts or macro cycles.	📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory Across eight quarters, ALBEMARLE shows modest revenue growth from about $1.43B in 2024-Q2 to $1.74B in 2026-Q2, a gain of ~22%. Net income evolved from a loss of about -$176.6M to a positive $499.2M in 2026-Q2, with a mid-2025 dip, then a clear recovery into 2026. 💰 Margins & Cash Flow Gross margin expanded from a negative figure in 2024-Q2 to roughly 35% in 2025-Q1 and remained around the high 30% into 2026. Operating leverage benefited from higher margin production in later quarters. Net cash flow from operating activities, continuing, stayed strong, with $709.997M in 2026-Q2 and positive quarterly cash generation overall. Free cash flow was primarily consumed by investing activities, which were negative but the company still reported a positive overall cash flow in 2026-Q2. 🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity Total assets of about $15.9B and equity of ~$10.5B support a solid balance sheet. Current assets of roughly $3.9B and current liabilities of $1.89B yield a healthy current ratio around 2.1x. Long-term debt remains moderate at about $1.88B, keeping balance-sheet risk contained. ⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks Drivers: Lithium/alloy battery demand; EV and energy-storage deployment Risks: commodity-price cyclicality; execution/valuation sensitivity to macro conditions

ADP Analysis

ALB Analysis

📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory

Over the 8 quarters, revenues rose from about $4.77B (2024 Q4) to about $5.36B (2026 Q4). Net income progressed from roughly $0.83B to $1.06B, a 28% increase, signaling earnings leverage as the top line expanded. The quarterly path fluctuated—peaking near $5.55B in 2025 Q3/Q4 before settling in the $5.2–$5.36B range—yet the trend remains clearly positive. The Gross Margin held in the high-40s to mid-50s, while Operating Margin stayed in the low- to mid-20s, underpinning a solid profitability trajectory.

💰 Margins & Cash Flow

Gross Margin: roughly 46–56% across periods, with a peak around 56%.
Operating Margin: generally 20–24%, supporting meaningful operating leverage.
Net cash flow from operating activities was consistently positive in most quarters, while investing cash flow was mostly modestly negative and financing activity contributed steady liquidity.

🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Current assets ($52B) vs current liabilities ($50B) yields a tight but adequate liquidity cushion.
Liabilities ($57B) exceed equity ($6B), indicating leverage, but assets and ongoing operating cash flows provide resilience. The balance sheet remains stable with a solid asset base.

⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks

Drivers: Recurring payroll/data-processing demand; large installed base and stable cash flows.
Risks: Valuation sensitivity to growth momentum; exposure to regulatory shifts or macro cycles.

📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory

Across eight quarters, ALBEMARLE shows modest revenue growth from about $1.43B in 2024-Q2 to $1.74B in 2026-Q2, a gain of ~22%. Net income evolved from a loss of about -$176.6M to a positive $499.2M in 2026-Q2, with a mid-2025 dip, then a clear recovery into 2026.

💰 Margins & Cash Flow

Gross margin expanded from a negative figure in 2024-Q2 to roughly 35% in 2025-Q1 and remained around the high 30% into 2026. Operating leverage benefited from higher margin production in later quarters. Net cash flow from operating activities, continuing, stayed strong, with $709.997M in 2026-Q2 and positive quarterly cash generation overall. Free cash flow was primarily consumed by investing activities, which were negative but the company still reported a positive overall cash flow in 2026-Q2.

🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total assets of about $15.9B and equity of ~$10.5B support a solid balance sheet. Current assets of roughly $3.9B and current liabilities of $1.89B yield a healthy current ratio around 2.1x. Long-term debt remains moderate at about $1.88B, keeping balance-sheet risk contained.

⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks

Drivers: Lithium/alloy battery demand; EV and energy-storage deployment
Risks: commodity-price cyclicality; execution/valuation sensitivity to macro conditions

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