SLDP vs LAR vs ALB Stock Comparison

Solid Power, Lithium Argentina AG and Albemarle Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SLDP Solid Power, Inc.
$2.02 -15.5% 1M -65.4% 1Y
Market cap
$458.98M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.53M
Div. yield
–
Lithium Basic Materials
LAR Lithium Argentina AG
$4.58 -17.2% 1M +1.1% 1Y
Market cap
$743.82M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$225.80M
Div. yield
–
Lithium Basic Materials
3 wins
ALB Albemarle Corp
$99.00 -9.8% 1M +2.9% 1Y
Market cap
$11.68B
P/E
41.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
1.65%
Lithium Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Albemarle leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Albemarle 5, Lithium Argentina AG 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSLDPLARALBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $458.98M $743.82M $11.68B ALB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -5.1x -13.8x 41.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.8x 9.2x ALB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -49.1% +371.3% +18.3% LAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -778.5% -23.9% 4.7% ALB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -3.4x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 1.65% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -65.4% +1.1% +2.9% ALB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -28.7%/yr -16.4%/yr -16.7%/yr LAR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 82.1% 74.7% 54.1% ALB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 29/100 67/100 61/100 LAR

Percentile Scorecard

SLDPLARALB

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

AxisSLDPLARALB
Valuation 16 #137 of 162 71 #48 of 162 92 #14 of 162
Growth 27 #108 of 147 75 #38 of 147 55 #67 of 147
Profitability 12 #107 of 122 41 #73 of 122 67 #41 of 122
Financial Health 82 #31 of 164 75 #42 of 164 41 #98 of 164
Shareholder Returns 9 #97 of 107 74 #29 of 107 53 #51 of 107
Overall 29 67 61
  • SLDP ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • LAR ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • ALB 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

PeriodSLDPLARALBSPY
1 month -15.5%-17.2%-9.8% -0.2%
3 months -4.3%-18.5%-12.5% +3.9%
6 months -42.1%-52.4%-47.0% +8.2%
Year to date -52.5%-17.9%-30.0% +12.9%
1 year -65.4%+1.1%+2.9% +12.3%
3 years +53.0%-21.2%-26.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +15.2%-7.6%-9.7% +23.3%
5 years -81.6%-59.2%-59.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -28.7%-16.4%-16.7% +10.9%
10 years —+312.6%+20.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+15.2%+1.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSLDPLARALBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 82.1%74.7%54.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.3%72.6%52.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.022.611.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.800.010.05 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.5%-89.5%-84.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -76.3%-61.2%-54.1% -1.2%
52-week high $8.51$11.79$215.62 $779.14
52-week low $1.95$3.72$88.45 $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.

MultipleSLDPLARALB
P/E now vs peer median -5.1xmedian 13.3x -13.8xmedian 13.3x 41.9xmedian 13.3x
P/S now vs peer median 39.8xmedian 3.2x 3.3xmedian 3.2x 2.0xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.4xmedian 7.3x 4.2xmedian 7.3x —median 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.3xmedian 14.7x -37.3xmedian 14.7x 8.7xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 2.2x 1.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.31 0.24median 0.31 -0.69median 0.31

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 monthsSLDPLARALB
Revenue $11.53M $225.80M $5.91B
Gross profit -$3.63M $110.90M $1.41B
Operating income -$107.57M $256.12M –
Net income -$89.77M -$18.74M $253.32M
Free cash flow -$72.93M -$19.96M $1.34B
R&D $72.26M $4.53M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.40 $-0.33 $2.04
Cash & equivalents $24.28M $99.72M $1.63B
Total debt – -$169.70M $1.88B
Shares (diluted) 225.97M 162.17M 136.21M
Enterprise value -$540.86M $354.46M $5.67B

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
MetricSLDPLARALB
P/E -5.1x -13.8x 41.9x
P/FCF -6.3x -37.3x 8.7x
P/Operating cash flow -7.7x -37.3x 6.5x
P/S 39.8x 3.3x 2.0x
P/B 0.9x 0.9x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 0.9x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA -2.4x 4.2x –
EV/EBIT -2.0x 4.3x –
EV/Revenue 18.8x 1.8x 2.0x
EV/FCF -3.0x -20.6x 8.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.6x -20.6x 6.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.24 -0.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSLDPLARALB
Revenue growth (1Y) -49.1% 371.3% 18.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.8% – -15.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -480.9% 32,338% 263.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -21.2% – -28.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.9% 213.4% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.0% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 4.0% 48.1% 127.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -26.6% -17.8% -60.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.4% 95.8% 121.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -57.1% -60.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 7.2% 39.6% 136.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.2% 31.4% -12.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 5.3% 43.8% 816.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 31.2% 11.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSLDPLARALB
Gross margin -31.4% 49.1% 23.8%
EBITDA margin -770.0% 43.1% –
Operating margin -932.8% 113.4% –
Pretax margin -773.8% -12.2% –
Net margin -778.5% -23.9% 4.7%
FCF margin -632.4% -8.8% 22.7%
Operating cash flow margin -518.8% -8.8% 30.5%
Return on equity -17.4% 1.6% 2.7%
Return on assets -16.5% 1.2% 1.8%
Return on invested capital – 0.0% –
Return on capital employed -20.5% 6.9% –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.2x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.7x 1.1x 7.1x
Stock comp / revenue 94.0% 6.9% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSLDPLARALB
Debt / assets – -14.7% 11.8%
Debt / equity – -0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -3.4x –
Debt / FCF – 8.5x 1.4x
Liabilities / assets 4.8% 27.2% 33.8%
Equity / assets 95.2% 72.8% 66.2%
Interest coverage -498.0x 161.6x –
Current ratio 14.6x -2.0x 2.1x
Quick ratio 14.3x -0.7x 1.2x
Cash ratio 14.1x -0.7x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 9.93 1.76 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSLDPLARALB
Dividend yield – – 1.7%
Net buyback yield -28.4% -0.2% -0.2%
Shareholder yield -28.4% -0.2% 1.5%
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.

ConsensusSLDPLARALB
Forward P/E – 20.8xFY2026 9.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.38FY2026 $0.22FY2026 $10.78FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +27.3% -5.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.25MFY2026 $0.00FY2026 $5.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -70.7%FY2026 – +13.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +29.9% – +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSLDPLARALB
Held by institutions 35.5% 33.9% 98.1%
Institutions holding 192 164 947
Change in shares held, QoQ -14.0% +0.6% +6.8%
Institutions buying 113 75 449
Institutions selling 34 48 358
Buyers to sellers 3.32 1.56 1.25

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.

SLDPLARALB
SLDP 1.00 0.33 0.27
LAR 0.33 1.00 0.67
ALB 0.27 0.67 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SLDP, LAR and ALB?

Albemarle (ALB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Solid Power (SLDP) $458.98M, Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) $743.82M, Albemarle (ALB) $11.68B.

Which company is growing faster?

Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Solid Power (SLDP) -49.1%, Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) +371.3%, Albemarle (ALB) +18.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Albemarle (ALB) has the highest net margin (Solid Power (SLDP) -778.5%, Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) -23.9%, Albemarle (ALB) 4.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Albemarle (ALB) returned the most: Solid Power (SLDP) -65.4%, Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) +1.1%, Albemarle (ALB) +2.9%. Over five years, Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) compounded fastest (Solid Power (SLDP) -28.7%/yr, Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) -16.4%/yr, Albemarle (ALB) -16.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Albemarle (ALB) 1.65%. Solid Power (SLDP) and Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Albemarle (ALB) has been the steadiest (Solid Power (SLDP) 82.1%, Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) 74.7%, Albemarle (ALB) 54.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 5. 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.