Albemarle (ALB) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)
Albemarle's (ALB) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $149.3 million in Q2 2025, down 69.02% YoY from $482.0 million in Q2 2024, and up 9.38% on a QoQ basis from $136.5 million in Q1 2025.
Albemarle (ALB) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Albemarle (ALB) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $149.3 million in 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 rose to $149.3 million in Q2 2025, from $136.5 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.0 billion in Q3 2024 to a low of $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 tumbled 69.02%.
- Tracing ALB's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $135.4 million in 2021, then increased by 24.28% to $168.3 million in 2022, then increased by 28.93% to $217.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 38.34% to $133.8 million in 2024, then increased by 11.61% to $149.3 million in 2025.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $149.3 million (Q2 2025), $136.5 million (Q1 2025), and $133.8 million (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.
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| 10 | Albemarle | 16.94 Bn | 15.31 Bn | 590.30 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |