Albemarle (ALB) Inventory Average (2010 - 2026)

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

Albemarle (ALB) Inventory Average (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Albemarle's Inventory Average history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.3 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Inventory Average fell 20.03% year-over-year to $1.3 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.3 billion (down 20.03% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.3 billion, down 26.8% from the prior year.
  • Inventory Average was $1.3 billion for Q1 2026 at Albemarle, 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.
  • A 5-year average of $1.9 billion and a median of $1.6 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Inventory Average.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Inventory Average surged 206.7% — and 2024, when it plunged 51.04%.
  • Albemarle's Inventory Average stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then surged by 50.81% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then slumped by 43.22% to $1.6 billion in 2024, then retreated by 14.19% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then decreased by 6.85% to $1.3 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ALB's Inventory Average at $1.3 billion in Q1 2026, $1.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.6 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Inventory Avg. (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 2.07 Bn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 2.40 Bn
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 1.56 Bn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 778.00 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 2.08 Bn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 3.58 Bn
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn 1.84 Bn
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 2.25 Bn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 1.19 Bn
10 Albemarle 13.55 Bn 12.46 Bn 500.97 Mn 1.26 Bn

Historic Data

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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