Growth Metrics

Albemarle (ALB) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Albemarle (ALB) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 8.99% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2025, Operating Margin rose 1667.0% year-over-year to 8.99%, compared with a TTM value of 6.53% through Sep 2025, up 3038.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 176.78%, up 20982.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 8.99% for Q3 2025 at Albemarle, up from 3.57% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 70.08% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 34.44% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 10.56%, with a median of 8.99% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin surged 5539bps in 2021, then crashed -5589bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 3.5% in 2021, then soared by 1317bps to 42.59% in 2022, then plummeted by -166bps to 28.16% in 2023, then surged by 140bps to 11.22% in 2024, then decreased by -20bps to 8.99% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for ALB at 8.99% in Q3 2025, 3.57% in Q2 2025, and 1.84% in Q1 2025.