Albemarle (ALB) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2025)

Albemarle (ALB) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% for Q2 2025, up 59.65% on a QoQ basis from 0.03% in Q1 2025, and up 1.0% year-over-year from 0.01% in Q2 2024.

Albemarle (ALB) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Albemarle's Return on Invested Capital history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.01% for Q2 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01% in Q2 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2025 was 0.01% (up 1.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.02%, up 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.01% for Q2 2025 at Albemarle, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.07% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.04% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2021 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Invested Capital climbed 6 bps — and 2024, when it fell 12 bps.
  • Albemarle's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2021, then surged by 66 bps to 0.02% in 2022, then plunged by 122 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then tumbled by 805 bps to 0.03% in 2024, then soared by 69 bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows ALB's Return on Invested Capital at 0.01% in Q2 2025, 0.03% in Q1 2025, and 0.03% in Q4 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.00%
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.01%
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.01%
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.02%
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.00%
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.00%
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.00%
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 0.00%
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.00%
10 Albemarle 13.55 Bn 12.46 Bn 500.97 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2025 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.03%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.03%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.04%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.02%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.07%
Jun 30, 2023 0.06%
Mar 31, 2023 0.04%
Dec 31, 2022 0.02%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.01%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 0.00%