TTM
5.6%
YoY change
+13.65pp
Trough year (2024)
-11.8%
Peak year (2022)
34.2%
Latest annual
1.8%
Operating Margin history chart for Albemarle (ALB) from 1993 to 2025
Latest: 1.8%
Operating Margin change chart for Albemarle (ALB) from 1993 to 2025
Latest: +13.65pp
Operating Margin history table for Albemarle (ALB) from 1993 to 2025
| 2025 | 1.8% | +13.65pp | ||
| 2024 | -11.8% | -14.33pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.5% | -31.67pp | ||
| 2022 | 34.2% | +18.17pp | ||
| 2021 | 16.0% | -0.80pp | ||
| 2020 | 16.8% | -2.29pp | ||
| 2019 | 19.1% | -2.37pp | ||
| 2018 | 21.5% | +1.20pp | ||
| 2017 | 20.3% | +1.23pp | ||
| 2016 | 19.0% | +2.39pp | ||
| 2015 | 16.7% | +3.26pp | ||
| 2014 | 13.4% | -12.35pp | ||
| 2013 | 25.7% | +5.50pp | ||
| 2012 | 20.2% | -0.25pp | ||
| 2011 | 20.5% | +2.64pp | ||
| 2010 | 17.9% | +7.36pp | ||
| 2009 | 10.5% | -1.07pp | ||
| 2008 | 11.6% | -1.91pp | ||
| 2007 | 13.5% | +2.22pp | ||
| 2006 | 11.3% | +3.44pp | ||
| 2005 | 7.8% | -0.56pp | ||
| 2004 | 8.4% | +0.01pp | ||
| 2003 | 8.4% | -1.84pp | ||
| 2002 | 10.2% | -0.24pp | ||
| 2001 | 10.4% | -5.92pp | ||
| 2000 | 16.4% | +1.61pp | ||
| 1999 | 14.8% | -0.57pp | ||
| 1998 | 15.3% | +0.77pp | ||
| 1997 | 14.6% | +3.63pp | ||
| 1996 | 10.9% | +1.53pp | ||
| 1995 | 9.4% | +0.72pp | ||
| 1994 | 8.7% | +3.31pp | ||
| 1993 | 5.4% | — |
- 20251.8%+13.65pp
- 2024-11.8%-14.33pp
- 20232.5%-31.67pp
- 202234.2%+18.17pp
- 202116.0%-0.80pp
- 202016.8%-2.29pp
- 201919.1%-2.37pp
- 201821.5%+1.20pp
- 201720.3%+1.23pp
- 201619.0%+2.39pp
- 201516.7%+3.26pp
- 201413.4%-12.35pp
- 201325.7%+5.50pp
- 201220.2%-0.25pp
- 201120.5%+2.64pp
- 201017.9%+7.36pp
- 200910.5%-1.07pp
- 200811.6%-1.91pp
- 200713.5%+2.22pp
- 200611.3%+3.44pp
- 20057.8%-0.56pp
- 20048.4%+0.01pp
- 20038.4%-1.84pp
- 200210.2%-0.24pp
- 200110.4%-5.92pp
- 200016.4%+1.61pp
- 199914.8%-0.57pp
- 199815.3%+0.77pp
- 199714.6%+3.63pp
- 199610.9%+1.53pp
- 19959.4%+0.72pp
- 19948.7%+3.31pp
- 19935.4%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Albemarle (ALB)
According to Albemarle's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 5.6%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Albemarle (ALB) operating margin totalled 1.82% – expanded 13.7 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 34.17% in 2022 and its low of -11.83% in 2024.
Albemarle Operating Margin by Year
Albemarle Operating Margin 2025: 1.8%
Albemarle operating margin in 2025 was 1.82%, expanded 13.7 percentage points from 2024.
Albemarle Operating Margin 2024: -11.8%
2024's operating margin for Albemarle came in at -11.83%, contracted 14.3 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Albemarle Operating Margin 2023: 2.5%
Albemarle posted operating margin of 2.51% in 2023, contracted 31.7 percentage points from 2022.
Albemarle Operating Margin 2022: 34.2%
In 2022, Albemarle reported operating margin of 34.17%, expanded 18.2 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Albemarle Operating Margin 2021: 16.0%
Albemarle operating margin in 2021 was 16.01%.
See more financial history for Albemarle (ALB).
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