Growth Metrics

Albemarle (ALB) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Albemarle (ALB) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.16% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 178.0% year-over-year to 0.16%, compared with a TTM value of 0.16% through Dec 2025, up 16.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 3.41%, up 376.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.16% for Q4 2025 at Albemarle, down from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.95% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 1.94% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales plummeted -174bps in 2024, then surged 178bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.03% in 2021, then surged by 1345bps to 0.32% in 2022, then plummeted by -162bps to 0.2% in 2023, then plummeted by -869bps to 1.94% in 2024, then surged by 92bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for ALB at 0.16% in Q4 2025, 0.06% in Q3 2025, and 0.03% in Q2 2025.