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Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0000915913 /10-K filed Feb 11, 2026, compared with Feb 12, 2025 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
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Albemarle Corporation ALB

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Albemarle Corporation was incorporated in Virginia in 1993. 10-K, Item 1

Employees
7,800
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
CEO
J. Kent Masters
Next results
around Feb 10, 2027
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Where each dollar of revenue went, FY2022

Revenue of $7.3B through the costs to a net profit of $2.7B · income statement of the 10-K

34% operating margin
Revenue to Gross profit: $3.1BRevenue to Cost of revenue: $4.2BGross profit to Operating profit: $2.5BGross profit to Operating expenses: $604.5MOperating profit to Net profit: $2.1BOperating profit to Tax: $390.6MOther income to Net profit: $610.3MOperating expenses to R&D: $72.0MOperating expenses to SG&A: $532.5M Revenue: $7.3B REVENUE $7.3B +120% Y/Y Gross profit: $3.1B · 42% margin GROSS PROFIT $3.1B 42% margin · +208% Y/Y Cost of revenue: $4.2B · 58% of revenue COST OF REVENUE $4.2B 58% of revenue Operating profit: $2.5B · 34% margin OPERATING PROFIT $2.5B 34% margin · +209% Y/Y Other income: $610.3M · 8% of revenue OTHER INCOME $610.3M 8% of revenue Operating expenses: $604.5M · 8% of revenue OPERATING EXPENSES $604.5M 8% of revenue Net profit: $2.7B · 37% margin NET PROFIT $2.7B 37% margin · +2075% Y/Y Tax: $390.6M · 5% of revenue TAX $390.6M 5% of revenue R&D: $72.0M · 1% of revenue R&D $72.0M 1% of revenue SG&A: $532.5M · 7% of revenue SG&A $532.5M 7% of revenue
Gross profit $3.1B 42% margin · +208% Y/Y
Operating profit $2.5B 34% margin · +209% Y/Y
Net profit $2.7B 37% margin · +2075% Y/Y
The full income statement, year by year

ALB among Materials peers

Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 23 peers the company is above, not a score.

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Revenue growth: -4.4%, above 13% of 23 peers (their median 5.3%) REVENUE GROWTH -4.4% · above 13% Gross margin: 25.8%, above 42% of 19 peers (their median 27.5%) GROSS MARGIN 25.8% · above 42% Operating margin: 10.0%, above 40% of 15 peers (their median 11.5%) OPERATING MARGIN 10.0% · above 40% Net margin: 11.1%, above 70% of 23 peers (their median 8.8%) NET MARGIN 11.1% · above 70% FCF margin: 23.5%, above 91% of 23 peers (their median 6.8%) FCF MARGIN 23.5% · above 91%
ALB Peer median Below the median

What changed

16 new risk paragraphs and 1 accounting fact worth reading about. 10-K filed Feb 11, 2026 against Feb 12, 2025.

Risk factors
16 new paragraphs, nothing like them in the previous 10-K
10-K Item 1A
Material impairment (8-K item 2.06)
8-K item 2.06 (material impairments) filed Oct 27, 2025
10-K · XBRL
Accounting checks
10 other checks clear, 1 worth a look
10-K · XBRL
Insiders
No open-market buys in the last 90 days
Form 4
Filings
3 in the last 30 days
EDGAR

Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.

Accounting checks

11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.

How it works

1fact worth reading about the other 10 checks found nothing to note

  • Material impairment (8-K item 2.06)
    8-K item 2.06 (material impairments) filed Oct 27, 2025
  • Receivables -20.0% vs revenue -4.4% (-15.7 pts)
9 more checks with nothing to note
  • Cash from operations $1.3B vs net income −$510.6M (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
  • Inventory -21.5% vs revenue -4.4% (-17.1 pts)
  • Same auditor in both 10-Ks: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
  • No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
  • No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
  • No longer listed: Annual Goodwill Impairment Assessment - Refining Solutions Reporting Unit; Albemarle Corporation and Subsidiaries. Same as last year: Interim and Annual Goodwill Impairment Assessments - Energy Storage Reporting Unit
  • No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
  • No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

In their words

16 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025. Quoted as filed.

All 16 new paragraphs
  1. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    You should consider carefully the following risks when reading the information, including the financial information, contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As noted in Item 1. Business above, the Company has entered into definitive agreements to divest the controlling ownership interest in its Refining Solutions business, with…
  2. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    We are subject to risks related to brine extraction limits, particularly with respect to our early warning plan at our facilities in Chile. Our brine extraction facilities are subject to extraction regulations within their specific jurisdictions. In the Salar de Atacama, we have duly authorized brine extraction limits for our operations…
  3. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    In October 2025, we announced that we had reached a definitive agreement to divest the controlling ownership interest in our Refining Solutions business in a series of transactions that will result in the formation of a new joint venture, of which we will initially own 49% interest. These transactions are expected to be completed in the…
  4. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    In 2025, we entered into definitive agreements to divest our 50% ownership interest in Eurecat S.A., a joint venture within the Refining Solutions reporting unit, and to divest the controlling ownership interest in our remaining Refining Solutions business. Based on the transaction prices in these agreements, we recorded a $181.1…

New risk paragraphs, against peers

Latest 10-K of each, Materials companies closest in revenue

Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.

Financial performance

Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL

All years
MetricFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$7.3B$9.6B$5.4B$5.1B
Net income$2.7B$1.6B−$1.2B−$510.6M
Operating cash flow$1.9B$1.3B$687.9M$1.3B
Free cash flow$646.2M−$828.0M−$992.7M$692.5M

Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025

Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD

$5.1B ▼ 4.4% in FY2025

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Every number, year by year

Recent filings

3 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

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About the company

Albemarle Corporation, Charlotte, NC · from the 10-K filed Feb 11, 2026

Albemarle Corporation was incorporated in Virginia in 1993. Our principal executive offices are located at 4250 Congress Street, Suite 900, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209. Unless the context otherwise indicates, the terms “Albemarle,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “the Company” mean Albemarle Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. Albemarle is a world leader in transforming essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity, and health. Our purpose is to enable a more resilient world. We partner to pioneer new ways to move, power, connect, and protect.

Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
Country
United States
Listed on
NYSE
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Last results
Nov 4, 2026
Incorporated in
VA

Employees, at the top of the page: "As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 7,800 employees, including employees of our consolidated joint ventures, of whom 3,100, or 40%, are employed in the U" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.

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The 10-K filed Feb 11, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.

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