TTM
10.5%
YoY change
+31.92pp
Trough year (2024)
-18.5%
Peak year (2016)
20.0%
Latest annual
13.5%
FCF Margin history chart for Albemarle (ALB) from 1993 to 2025
Latest: 13.5%
FCF Margin change chart for Albemarle (ALB) from 1993 to 2025
Latest: +31.92pp
FCF Margin history table for Albemarle (ALB) from 1993 to 2025
| 2025 | 13.5% | +31.92pp | ||
| 2024 | -18.5% | -9.85pp | ||
| 2023 | -8.6% | -17.44pp | ||
| 2022 | 8.8% | +27.14pp | ||
| 2021 | -18.3% | -16.66pp | ||
| 2020 | -1.6% | +2.04pp | ||
| 2019 | -3.7% | +0.87pp | ||
| 2018 | -4.6% | -4.11pp | ||
| 2017 | -0.4% | -20.50pp | ||
| 2016 | 20.0% | +15.34pp | ||
| 2015 | 4.7% | -10.91pp | ||
| 2014 | 15.6% | +4.03pp | ||
| 2013 | 11.6% | +3.34pp | ||
| 2012 | 8.3% | -0.80pp | ||
| 2011 | 9.1% | -1.77pp | ||
| 2010 | 10.8% | -2.02pp | ||
| 2009 | 12.9% | +4.10pp | ||
| 2008 | 8.8% | +2.60pp | ||
| 2007 | 6.2% | -5.52pp | ||
| 2006 | 11.7% | +6.98pp | ||
| 2005 | 4.7% | -4.16pp | ||
| 2004 | 8.8% | -0.98pp | ||
| 2003 | 9.8% | -0.73pp | ||
| 2002 | 10.6% | +0.58pp | ||
| 2001 | 10.0% | -1.23pp | ||
| 2000 | 11.2% | +0.95pp | ||
| 1999 | 10.3% | +2.89pp | ||
| 1998 | 7.4% | +5.74pp | ||
| 1997 | 1.6% | +8.88pp | ||
| 1996 | -7.3% | -7.56pp | ||
| 1995 | 0.3% | -3.42pp | ||
| 1994 | 3.7% | +2.23pp | ||
| 1993 | 1.5% | — |
- 202513.5%+31.92pp
- 2024-18.5%-9.85pp
- 2023-8.6%-17.44pp
- 20228.8%+27.14pp
- 2021-18.3%-16.66pp
- 2020-1.6%+2.04pp
- 2019-3.7%+0.87pp
- 2018-4.6%-4.11pp
- 2017-0.4%-20.50pp
- 201620.0%+15.34pp
- 20154.7%-10.91pp
- 201415.6%+4.03pp
- 201311.6%+3.34pp
- 20128.3%-0.80pp
- 20119.1%-1.77pp
- 201010.8%-2.02pp
- 200912.9%+4.10pp
- 20088.8%+2.60pp
- 20076.2%-5.52pp
- 200611.7%+6.98pp
- 20054.7%-4.16pp
- 20048.8%-0.98pp
- 20039.8%-0.73pp
- 200210.6%+0.58pp
- 200110.0%-1.23pp
- 200011.2%+0.95pp
- 199910.3%+2.89pp
- 19987.4%+5.74pp
- 19971.6%+8.88pp
- 1996-7.3%-7.56pp
- 19950.3%-3.42pp
- 19943.7%+2.23pp
- 19931.5%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Albemarle's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Albemarle (ALB)
According to Albemarle's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 10.5%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual free cash flow margin for Albemarle (ALB) came in at 13.46% – expanded 31.9 percentage points year-over-year.
20.05% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2016, against a low of -18.46% during 2024.
Albemarle FCF Margin by Year
Albemarle FCF Margin 2025: 13.5%
Albemarle free cash flow margin in 2025 was 13.46%, expanded 31.9 percentage points from 2024.
Albemarle FCF Margin 2024: -18.5%
2024's free cash flow margin for Albemarle came in at -18.46%, contracted 9.9 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Albemarle FCF Margin 2023: -8.6%
Albemarle posted free cash flow margin of -8.61% in 2023, contracted 17.4 percentage points from 2022.
Albemarle FCF Margin 2022: 8.8%
In 2022, Albemarle reported free cash flow margin of 8.83%, expanded 27.1 percentage points from 2021.
Albemarle FCF Margin 2021: -18.3%
Albemarle free cash flow margin in 2021 was -18.31%.
See more financial history for Albemarle (ALB).
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