Albemarle (ALB) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Albemarle (ALB) posted Operating Expenses of $149.3 million for Q2 2025, up 9.38% on a QoQ basis from $136.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 69.02% year-over-year from $482.0 million in Q2 2024.

Albemarle (ALB) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Albemarle's Operating Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $149.3 million for Q2 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 69.02% year-over-year to $149.3 million in Q2 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $149.3 million (down 91.5% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $609.1 million, down 66.88% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $149.3 million for Q2 2025 at Albemarle, up from $136.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.0 billion in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $107.8 million in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $234.5 million and a median of $151.1 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Expenses jumped 415.42% — and 2025, when it slumped 69.02%.
  • Albemarle's Operating Expenses stood at $135.4 million in 2021, then gained by 24.28% to $168.3 million in 2022, then gained by 28.93% to $217.0 million in 2023, then plunged by 38.34% to $133.8 million in 2024, then gained by 11.61% to $149.3 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows ALB's Operating Expenses at $149.3 million in Q2 2025, $136.5 million in Q1 2025, and $133.8 million in Q4 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 931.00 Mn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 1.97 Bn
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 1.08 Bn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 248.80 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 998.00 Mn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 6.96 Bn
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn -48.90 Mn
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 599.00 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 302.00 Mn
10 Albemarle 13.55 Bn 12.46 Bn 500.97 Mn -

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2025 149.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 136.54 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 133.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 482.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 218.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 217.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 194.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 418.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 174.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 168.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 152.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 146.33 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 128.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 135.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 116.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 135.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 107.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 140.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 109.62 Mn