Albemarle ALB
NYSE ALB
$143.25 +9.06 (+6.75%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Albemarle's (ALB) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.01% in Q2 2025, up 1.0% YoY from 0.01% in Q2 2024, and up 59.65% on a QoQ basis from 0.03% in Q1 2025.

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

Albemarle (ALB) has 16 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.01% in 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 advanced to 0.01% in Q2 2025, from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q3 2023 to a low of 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 rose 6 bps — and 2024, when it slipped 12 bps.
  • Tracing ALB's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.01% in 2021, then soared by 66 bps to 0.02% in 2022, then slumped by 122 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then sank by 805 bps to 0.03% in 2024, then jumped by 69 bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.01% (Q2 2025), 0.03% (Q1 2025), and 0.03% (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.

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1 Linde 225.67 Bn 220.77 Bn 4.43 Bn 0.00%
2 Sherwin Williams 84.74 Bn 84.44 Bn 3.34 Bn 0.00%
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4 Air Products & Chemicals 68.19 Bn 67.21 Bn 1.04 Bn 0.00%
5 Ppg Industries 25.36 Bn 23.77 Bn 1.81 Bn 0.00%
6 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 23.48 Bn 19.61 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.00%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.91 Bn 19.28 Bn 2.04 Bn 0.01%
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 21.51 Bn 20.94 Bn 853.00 Mn 0.00%
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.83 Bn 17.09 Bn 639.00 Mn 0.01%
10 Albemarle 16.94 Bn 15.31 Bn 590.30 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%