Albemarle (ALB) Return on Sales (2009 - 2026)
Albemarle's (ALB) quarterly Return on Sales came in at 0.0% in Q1 2026, little changed YoY from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and up 143.5% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q4 2025.
Albemarle (ALB) Return on Sales (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Albemarle (ALB) has 18 years of Return on Sales data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Sales rose to 0.0% in Q1 2026, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.0% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.02% in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Sales gained 1 bps — and 2024, when it fell 2 bps.
- Tracing ALB's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.0% in 2022, then sank by 238 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then slumped by 342 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then jumped by 66 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then soared by 143 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Sales figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.02% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.00% |