Albemarle

ALB · Materials · Market cap $13.8B

Q1 FY26 Mar 31, 2026 reported May 6, 2026

Revenue$1.4B +33% year over year

Gross profit$0.5B

Operating profit$0.2B

Net profit$0.3B 22% margin

Numbers and detail

All figures in billions of U.S. dollars, for Q1 FY26 (period ends Mar 31, 2026).
Item	Value	Share of revenue	Year over year
Revenue	1.4	100%	+33%
Energy Storage	0.9	64%	+70%
Specialties	0.4	29%	+12%
Corporate and all other adjusted…	0.2	14%
Cost of revenue	−0.9	64%
Gross profit	0.5	35% margin	+21pp
Research & development	−0	1%	−1pp
SG&A	−0.1	10%	−2pp
Other	−0.1	8%	+0pp
Operating profit	0.2	16% margin	+15pp
Net profit	0.3	22%	+18pp

All figures in billions of U.S. dollars, for Q4 FY25 (period ends Dec 31, 2025).
Item	Value	Share of revenue	Year over year
Revenue	1.4	100%	+16%
Energy Storage	0.8	57%	+23%
Specialties	0.3	21%	+5%
Ketjen	0.3	21%	+14%
Cost of revenue	−1.2	86%
Gross profit	0.2	14% margin	+3pp
Research & development	−0	1%	−1pp
SG&A	−0.2	11%	+0pp
Other	−0.2	17%	+0pp
Operating profit	-0.2	-15% margin	−16pp
Tax	−0.2
Net profit	-0.4	-29%	−35pp

All figures in billions of U.S. dollars, for Q2 FY25 (period ends Jun 30, 2025).
Item	Value	Share of revenue	Year over year
Revenue	1.3	100%	−7%
Energy Storage	0.7	54%	−14%
Specialties	0.4	31%	+5%
Ketjen	0.3	23%	−2%
Cost of revenue	−1.1	85%
Gross profit	0.2	15% margin	+16pp
Research & development	−0	1%	−1pp
SG&A	−0.1	10%	−2pp
Operating profit	0	4% margin	+38pp
Net profit	0	2%	+15pp

All figures in billions of U.S. dollars, for Q1 FY25 (period ends Mar 31, 2025).
Item	Value	Share of revenue	Year over year
Revenue	1.1	100%	−21%
Energy Storage	0.5	45%	−35%
Specialties	0.3	27%	+2%
Ketjen	0.2	18%	−5%
Cost of revenue	−0.9	82%
Gross profit	0.2	15% margin	+12pp
Research & development	−0	1%	+0pp
SG&A	−0.1	11%	+0pp
Operating profit	0	2% margin	+15pp
Net profit	0	4%	+4pp

Quarter by quarter

Pick a quarter and the diagram above changes. Bars compare revenue across the quarters we hold.

Quarter	Period	Reported	Revenue	Year over year	Operating margin	Net profit	Net margin
Q1 FY26	Mar 31, 2026	May 6, 2026	$1.4B	+33%	14%	$0.3B	22%
Q4 FY25	Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2025	Feb 11, 2026	$1.4B	+16%	-14%	$-0.4B	-29%
Q2 FY25	Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2025	Aug 4, 2025	$1.3B	−7%	0%	$0B	2%
Q1 FY25	Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2025	Apr 30, 2025	$1.1B	−21%	0%	$0B	4%