ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 13.0 % and a net margin of -9.9 %.
ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 13.0 % and a net margin of -9.9 %. The same year shows an EBITDA margin of 5.7 % and an EBIT margin of -7.1 %. The free cash flow margin was 13.5 %. Against the previous year the gross margin moved +11.8 pp and the net margin +12.0 pp. Across the period the gross margin ranges between 1.2 % in 2024 and 42.0 % in 2022. The series covers 18 fiscal years, from 2008 to 2025. Margins are expressed as a percentage of net revenue and are derived from the same figures as the income statement, taken from as-reported SEC EDGAR filings, with no restatements or adjustments of our own.
Fiscal year end: December
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin (%) | 24.63 % | 24.13 % | 31.40 % | 33.28 % | 35.68 % | 35.52 % | 31.52 % | 30.44 % | 36.24 % | 36.01 % | 36.07 % | 35.04 % | 31.80 % | — | 42.00 % | 12.33 % | 1.16 % | 13.00 % |
| EBITDA margin (%) | 13.48 % | 14.30 % | 21.06 % | 21.42 % | 19.80 % | 28.57 % | 15.33 % | 21.41 % | 30.90 % | 25.02 % | 32.96 % | 24.51 % | 23.58 % | 31.62 % | 37.85 % | 7.09 % | -22.09 % | 5.67 % |
| EBIT margin (%) | 8.95 % | 9.29 % | 17.01 % | 18.05 % | 15.87 % | 24.09 % | 11.09 % | 12.21 % | 22.45 % | 18.61 % | 27.01 % | 18.56 % | 16.17 % | 23.99 % | 33.74 % | 2.62 % | -33.04 % | -7.14 % |
| Net margin (%) | 7.87 % | 8.89 % | 13.36 % | 13.67 % | 12.37 % | 17.26 % | 5.45 % | 11.85 % | 24.04 % | 1.79 % | 20.55 % | 14.86 % | 12.01 % | 3.72 % | 36.75 % | 16.36 % | -21.93 % | -9.93 % |
| FCF margin (%) | 9.22 % | 12.85 % | 10.83 % | 10.34 % | 8.25 % | 11.59 % | 15.62 % | 4.71 % | 20.13 % | -0.45 % | -4.56 % | -3.69 % | -1.65 % | -18.31 % | 8.83 % | -8.61 % | -18.46 % | 13.46 % |
