Albemarle (ALB) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Albemarle's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.09% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1671.0% year-over-year to 6.09% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.09% (up 1671.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.5%, up 898.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 6.09% for Q1 2026 at Albemarle, up from 2.56% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 25.07% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 16.43% in Q3 2024.
• A 5-year average of 3.73% and a median of 2.56% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 3127 bps — and 2025, when it soared 1768 bps.
• Albemarle's Return on Capital Employed stood at 20.75% in 2022, then sank by 92 bps to 1.68% in 2023, then plunged by 803 bps to 11.79% in 2024, then soared by 122 bps to 2.56% in 2025, then soared by 138 bps to 6.09% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows ALB's Return on Capital Employed at 6.09% in Q1 2026, 2.56% in Q4 2025, and 1.24% in Q3 2025.