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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
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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) Operating margin
Albemarle Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.0%, up 17.2 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 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| 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 newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 9.54% | (16.44) |
| Jun 2026 | 26.0% | 9.64 |
| Mar 2026 | 16.3% | 31.56 |
| Dec 2025 | −15.2% | 1.37 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare | 33.3% |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 14.7% |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 12.6% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 12.4% |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 11.7% |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 10.0% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 9.59% |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 0.00% |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | −3.81% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 5.64% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 2.88% |
| 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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