Albemarle Corporation

ALB Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Albemarle Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.1 billion, down 4.37% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+18.8%
EPS
+225.6%
Free cash flow
+708.4%
Total debt
−48.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

98.44 3.47 +3.65%
Market cap
$11.6B
P/E
22.6×
Fwd P/E
9.9×
Dividend yield
1.65%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.31
Beneish M
−3.71
Dividend safety
47/100

Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Gross margin

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Albemarle Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 25.8%, up 12.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.16% (fiscal 2024) to 42.0% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 13.0% 11.84
FY2024 1.16% (11.17)
FY2023 12.3% (29.67)
FY2022 42.0% 12.01
FY2021 30.0% (1.81)
FY2020 31.8% (3.24)
FY2019 35.0% (1.03)
FY2018 36.1% 0.06
FY2017 36.0% (0.23)
FY2016 36.2% 5.80

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 19.4% (14.50)
Jun 2026 33.9% (1.20)
Mar 2026 35.1% 21.20
Dec 2025 13.9% 4.87
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.16% High 42.0%
Ten-year median 31.8%
Current reading's percentile 28

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 41.2%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 37.5%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 36.6%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 33.6%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 33.5%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 30.9%
ALB Albemarle Corporation 25.8%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 20.6%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 10.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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