Growth Metrics

Albemarle (ALB) Inventory Average (2010 - 2026)

Albemarle posted quarterly Inventory Average of $1.3 billion for Q1 2026, down 20.03% year-on-year from $1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.85% on a QoQ basis from $1.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Albemarle (ALB) has 17 years of Inventory Average data on file, last reported at $1.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Inventory Average fell 20.03% year-over-year to $1.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.3 billion (down 20.03% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.3 billion, down 26.8% from the prior year.
  • Inventory Average for Q1 2026 stood at $1.3 billion, down from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Inventory Average topped out at $3.5 billion in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $906.2 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Inventory Average is $1.6 billion (2025), against an average of $1.9 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Inventory Average surged 206.7%; it then tumbled 51.04% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Inventory Average shows it stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then jumped by 50.81% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 43.22% to $1.6 billion in 2024, then fell by 14.19% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then retreated by 6.85% to $1.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Inventory Average figures came in at $1.3 billion (Q1 2026), $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.6 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Inventory Avg. (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 2.07 Bn
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 1.84 Bn
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 2.40 Bn
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 1.51 Bn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 778.00 Mn
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 2.08 Bn
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 3.58 Bn
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 1.26 Bn
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 1.19 Bn
10 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.02 Bn 18.49 Bn 1.02 Bn 2.25 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.36 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.59 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.65 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.85 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 3.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 3.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.85 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.42 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.12 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 906.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 772.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 739.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 709.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 718.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 789.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 839.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 852.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 811.24 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 785.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 808.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 785.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 728.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 713.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 696.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 666.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 629.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 601.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 588.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 542.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 484.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 477.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 511.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 524.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 485.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 534.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 615.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 611.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 489.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 363.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 369.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 395.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 428.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 460.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 265.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 45.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 236.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 460.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 495.81 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 480.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 446.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 453.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 459.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 423.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 396.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 381.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 349.05 Mn