SLDP vs ALB vs IONR Stock Comparison

Solid Power, Albemarle and Ioneer Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SLDP Solid Power, Inc.
$2.03 -10.6% 1M -63.2% 1Y
Market cap
$461.25M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.53M
Div. yield
–
Lithium Basic Materials
ALB Albemarle Corp
$93.29 -13.3% 1M -4.6% 1Y
Market cap
$11.01B
P/E
39.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
1.75%
Lithium Basic Materials
7 wins
IONR ioneer Ltd
$2.82 -10.5% 1M -41.5% 1Y
Market cap
$188.56M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Lithium Basic Materials

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Albemarle leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Albemarle 7). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSLDPALBIONRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $461.25M $11.01B $188.56M ALB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -5.1x 39.5x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 8.7x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -49.1% +18.3% — ALB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -778.5% 4.7% — ALB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.75% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -63.2% -4.6% -41.5% ALB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -30.2%/yr -17.9%/yr — ALB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 81.8% 54.2% 79.3% ALB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 30/100 62/100 — ALB

Percentile Scorecard

SLDPALBIONR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSLDPALBIONR
Valuation 17 #136 of 163 93 #12 of 163 –
Growth 27 #109 of 148 55 #67 of 148 –
Profitability 14 #106 of 123 68 #40 of 123 –
Financial Health 83 #29 of 164 40 #99 of 164 98 #4 of 164
Shareholder Returns 9 #98 of 108 53 #51 of 108 –
Overall 30 62 –
  • SLDP ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • ALB ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • IONR ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSLDPALBIONRSPY
1 month -10.6%-13.3%-10.5% +0.7%
3 months -1.9%-20.7%-15.3% +3.7%
6 months -41.2%-52.6%-26.4% +7.1%
Year to date -52.2%-34.0%-41.3% +12.8%
1 year -63.2%-4.6%-41.5% +11.9%
3 years +63.7%-26.8%-26.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +17.9%-9.9%-9.9% +22.8%
5 years -83.4%-62.8%— +67.6%
5 years, per year -30.2%-17.9%— +10.9%
10 years —+12.5%— +262.0%
10 years, per year —+1.2%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSLDPALBIONRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 81.8%54.2%79.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.7%52.5%76.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.031.381.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.77-0.09-0.52 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.5%-84.4%-87.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -76.1%-56.7%-55.9% -1.2%
52-week high $8.51$215.62$6.39 $779.14
52-week low $1.95$88.45$2.55 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSLDPALBIONR
P/E now vs peer median -5.1xmedian 13.2x 39.5xmedian 13.2x —median 13.2x
P/S now vs peer median 40.0xmedian 3.1x 1.9xmedian 3.1x —median 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.5xmedian 7.2x —median 7.2x —median 7.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.3xmedian 15.2x 8.2xmedian 15.2x —median 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.2x 1.0xmedian 2.2x 0.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.30 -0.65median 0.30 —median 0.30

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSLDPALBIONR
Revenue $11.53M $5.91B –
Gross profit -$3.63M $1.41B –
Operating income -$107.57M – –
Net income -$89.77M $253.32M –
Free cash flow -$72.93M $1.34B –
R&D $72.26M – –
EPS (diluted) $-0.40 $2.04 –
Cash & equivalents $24.28M $1.63B $58.84M
Total debt – $1.88B –
Shares (diluted) 225.97M 136.21M 60.35M
Enterprise value -$538.59M $5.00B $54.17M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSLDPALBIONR
P/E -5.1x 39.5x –
P/FCF -6.3x 8.2x –
P/Operating cash flow -7.7x 6.1x –
P/S 40.0x 1.9x –
P/B 0.9x 1.0x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 1.1x 0.7x
EV/EBITDA -2.5x – –
EV/EBIT -2.0x – –
EV/Revenue 19.0x 1.9x –
EV/FCF -3.0x 8.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow -3.7x 6.3x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.65 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSLDPALBIONR
Revenue growth (1Y) -49.1% 18.3% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.8% -15.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -480.9% 263.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -21.2% -28.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.9% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.0% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 4.0% 127.9% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -26.6% -60.3% –
EPS growth (1Y) 23.4% 121.9% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -60.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 7.2% 136.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.2% -12.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 5.3% 816.8% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 11.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSLDPALBIONR
Gross margin -31.4% 23.8% –
EBITDA margin -770.0% – –
Operating margin -932.8% – –
Pretax margin -773.8% – –
Net margin -778.5% 4.7% –
FCF margin -632.4% 22.7% –
Operating cash flow margin -518.8% 30.5% –
Return on equity -17.4% 2.7% –
Return on assets -16.5% 1.8% –
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed -20.5% – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.4x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.7x 7.1x –
Stock comp / revenue 94.0% 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSLDPALBIONR
Debt / assets – 11.8% –
Debt / equity – 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – 1.4x –
Liabilities / assets 4.8% 33.8% 0.9%
Equity / assets 95.2% 66.2% 99.1%
Interest coverage -498.0x – –
Current ratio 14.6x 2.1x 25.8x
Quick ratio 14.3x 1.2x 25.8x
Cash ratio 14.1x 0.9x 25.6x
Altman Z-score 9.98 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSLDPALBIONR
Dividend yield – 1.8% –
Net buyback yield -28.3% -0.2% –
Shareholder yield -28.3% 1.6% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 75.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 14.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.9% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSLDPALBIONR
Forward P/E – 8.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.38FY2026 $10.78FY2026 $0.00FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -5.2% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.25MFY2026 $5.82BFY2026 $717.29KFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -70.7%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +29.9% +8.1% -100.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSLDPALBIONR
Held by institutions 35.5% 98.1% 3.9%
Institutions holding 193 948 34
Change in shares held, QoQ -14.0% +6.8% -10.1%
Institutions buying 114 449 20
Institutions selling 34 359 5
Buyers to sellers 3.35 1.25 4.00

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SLDPALBIONR
SLDP 1.00 0.27 0.26
ALB 0.27 1.00 0.27
IONR 0.26 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SLDP, ALB and IONR?

Albemarle (ALB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Solid Power (SLDP) $461.25M, Albemarle (ALB) $11.01B, Ioneer (IONR) $188.56M.

Which company is growing faster?

Albemarle (ALB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Solid Power (SLDP) -49.1%, Albemarle (ALB) +18.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Albemarle (ALB) has the highest net margin (Solid Power (SLDP) -778.5%, Albemarle (ALB) 4.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Albemarle (ALB) returned the most: Solid Power (SLDP) -63.2%, Albemarle (ALB) -4.6%, Ioneer (IONR) -41.5%. Over five years, Albemarle (ALB) compounded fastest (Solid Power (SLDP) -30.2%/yr, Albemarle (ALB) -17.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Albemarle (ALB) 1.75%. Solid Power (SLDP) and Ioneer (IONR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Albemarle (ALB) has been the steadiest (Solid Power (SLDP) 81.8%, Albemarle (ALB) 54.2%, Ioneer (IONR) 79.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SLDP, ALB and IONR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Albemarle (ALB) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.