ALB ALBEMARLE CORP

Overview and Growth

In fiscal 2025, ALBEMARLE CORP recorded $5.14B of revenue, net loss of $510.63M, and an operating cash inflow of $1.28B. At $5.14B, the top line establishes the operating scale supporting the company’s profit and cash-flow profile. Revenue was 4.4% below fiscal 2024 revenue of $5.38B, marking a top-line contraction. On a per-share basis, diluted EPS was -$5.76, which connects the reported earnings outcome with the company’s diluted share count. Total assets stood at $16.37B, showing the scale of resources supporting revenue, earnings, liquidity, and financing. Revenue equaled 0.31x of total assets, indicating how much reported top-line activity the company produced relative to its period-end asset base.

Profitability

After reported cost of revenue, the company retained $668.72M as gross profit before recognizing operating expenses and other items. Gross profit represented 13.0% of revenue, showing how much of the top line remained after direct costs. Operations produced a $367.08M operating loss before non-operating and tax effects. An operating margin of -7.1% reflected costs exceeding revenue-level gross profit by 7.1% of sales. After all below-operating-line items, the company recorded a net loss of $510.63M for the fiscal year. Measured against revenue, the bottom-line deficit represented 9.9% after all recognized items. The reported income-tax provision was $156.88M, the amount recognized between pretax income and the final net-income result. The net loss equaled 5.2% of period-end equity, showing the deficit relative to book capital. The loss-to-assets relationship was 3.1%, placing the bottom-line deficit against the company’s resource base. Compared with a $1.18B net loss in fiscal 2024, the current loss improved to $510.63M.

Liquidity and Capital Structure

The company held $16.37B of assets against $6.59B of liabilities and $9.78B of equity, revealing how the asset base was financed. Current assets were $4.01B against $1.80B of current liabilities, framing the resources and obligations classified within the near-term balance-sheet horizon. At 2.23x, the current ratio shows that short-term assets were greater than short-term liabilities at period end. Reported cash and equivalents were $1.62B, separating immediately recognizable cash resources from the rest of the current-asset base. The cash balance equaled 90.0% of current liabilities, showing how much near-term coverage came from cash alone. The company carried $3.19B of total debt at period end, which frames its leverage and debt-service burden. The debt-to-equity relationship was 0.33x, showing how much debt the company carried for each unit of book equity. The debt-to-assets relationship was 19.5%, comparing borrowing with the total asset balance. Relative to total assets, liabilities measured 40.3%, complementing the separate equity-based view of the company’s capital structure. Measured against total assets, cash and equivalents represented 9.9%, a balance-sheet composition measure rather than a liquidity forecast. Compared with $16.61B in fiscal 2024, the current asset base moved 1.4% and finished lower. Reported equity changed 4.1% from $10.20B in fiscal 2024, placing the current capital base lower year over year. Cash and equivalents were 35.7% higher than fiscal 2024 cash of $1.19B, showing the year-over-year change in liquid resources.

Cash Flow and Earnings Quality

Operating activities produced a cash inflow of $1.28B, giving the cash-flow counterpart to the accrual-based profit measures reported for the year. The cash-flow statement records $589.80M of capital expenditures, the investment amount considered after operating cash generation. Capital expenditures represented 46.0% of operating cash flow, leaving the remainder available as free cash flow. Free cash flow came to $692.47M, leaving a positive amount after capital expenditures. Free cash flow represented 13.5% of revenue, linking post-investment cash generation with the company’s operating scale. Free cash flow equaled 4.2% of total assets, relating post-investment cash generation to the company’s resource base.

Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025. Analysis generated Oct 21, 2026.