Albemarle (ALB) Research & Development (2009 - 2025)

Albemarle's Research & Development history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $12.4 million for Q2 2025.

• Quarterly Research & Development fell 40.09% year-over-year to $12.4 million in Q2 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2025 was $69.0 million (down 21.76% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $51.4 million, down 40.73% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $12.4 million for Q2 2025 at Albemarle, down from $14.1 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $23.5 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $12.1 million in Q4 2021.
• A 5-year average of $18.1 million and a median of $19.2 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development soared 66.22% — and 2025, when it sank 40.09%.
• Albemarle's Research & Development stood at $12.1 million in 2021, then soared by 66.22% to $20.2 million in 2022, then increased by 12.9% to $22.8 million in 2023, then fell by 12.01% to $20.0 million in 2024, then sank by 37.85% to $12.4 million in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows ALB's Research & Development at $12.4 million in Q2 2025, $14.1 million in Q1 2025, and $20.0 million in Q4 2024.