Albemarle Corporation ALB
109.73
1.48
1.37%
as of 25 Sep
- Market cap
- $12.9B
- P/E
- 229×
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Operating margin
Albemarle Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.27%, up 11.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−7.14%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −33.0% (fiscal 2024) to 33.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.63% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.
Operating margin, annual
Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −7.14% | 25.90 |
| FY2024 | −33.0% | (35.66) |
| FY2023 | 2.62% | (31.12) |
| FY2022 | 33.7% | 9.75 |
| FY2021 | 24.0% | 7.82 |
| FY2020 | 16.2% | (2.39) |
| FY2019 | 18.6% | (8.45) |
| FY2018 | 27.0% | 8.40 |
| FY2017 | 18.6% | (3.84) |
| FY2016 | 22.5% | 10.24 |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 26.0% | 9.64 |
| Mar 2026 | 16.3% | 31.56 |
| Dec 2025 | −15.2% | 1.37 |
| Sep 2025 | −16.6% | (20.16) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low −33.0%
High 33.7%
Ten-year median
18.6%
Current reading's percentile
18
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 33.3% |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 14.4% |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 12.6% |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 12.3% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 9.90% |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 4.27% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | 3.09% |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 0.00% |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | −11.0% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.63% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.82% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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