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) Net margin

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Albemarle Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.37%, up 21.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−13.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.5% (fiscal 2024) to 36.8% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 4.19% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.42%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 −13.2% 11.30
FY2024 −24.5% (40.83)
FY2023 16.4% (20.39)
FY2022 36.8% 33.03
FY2021 3.72% (8.29)
FY2020 12.0% (2.85)
FY2019 14.9% (5.69)
FY2018 20.6% 18.76
FY2017 1.79% (22.25)
FY2016 24.0% 12.19

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 16.4% (8.72)
Jun 2026 25.1% 5.72
Mar 2026 19.4% 51.34
Dec 2025 −31.9% (16.45)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −24.5% High 36.8%
Ten-year median 12.0%
Current reading's percentile 42

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 17.8%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 8.89%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 8.63%
ALB Albemarle Corporation 8.37%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 7.79%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 6.91%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 6.46%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 5.87%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −3.87%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 4.19%
Basic Materials sector median 1.42%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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