Albemarle Corporation ALB

109.73 1.48 1.37% as of 25 Sep
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$12.9B
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Gross margin

Albemarle Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 23.8%, up 10.8 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 29.2% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 25.1%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

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

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 33.9% (1.20)
Mar 2026 35.1% 21.20
Dec 2025 13.9% 4.87
Sep 2025 8.99% (5.81)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.16% High 42.0%
Ten-year median 31.8%
Current reading's percentile 27

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 41.4%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 38.4%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 37.5%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 35.1%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 33.5%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 30.6%
ALB Albemarle Corporation 23.8%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 12.8%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 9.62%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 29.2%
Basic Materials sector median 25.1%
Market median 46.3%

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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