How Albemarle makes money

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FY2025

How does Albemarle make money? This Sankey traces every dollar of revenue through the income statement — into cost of revenue, R&D, SG&A, and taxes — and shows what's left as profit. Pick any fiscal year, recent quarter, or the trailing twelve months. Straight from SEC filings.

Albemarle Corporation · FY2025 · year ended 2025-12-31

Revenue$5.1BNet loss$524M · 10%Cost of revenue$4.5B · 87%Gross profit$669M · 13%Operating expenses$1.0B · 20%R&D$51M · 1%SG&A$550M · 11%Other opex$434M · 8%Income tax$157M · 3%

Each fiscal year from SEC filings. Percentages are share of revenue, so the green profit nodes read directly as gross / operating / net margin. Line items a company doesn't break out are derived from their siblings so the flows balance; small residuals show as “Other.” For informational purposes only.