{
  "url": "https://struct.news/briefs/albemarles-profit-came-roaring-back-pricing-did-most-of-the-work",
  "title": "Albemarle’s profit came roaring back. Pricing did most of the work.",
  "summary": "Net income rose from $22.9 million to $480.0 million in three months, even as cash fell 9.7%.",
  "published_at": "2026-08-05T21:11:39.990167+00:00",
  "publisher": "Struct",
  "usage": "Figures are as reported by the company. Quote with attribution to the source filing.",
  "company": {
    "name": "Albemarle Corporation",
    "ticker": "ALB",
    "cik": "915913",
    "sector": "Basic Materials",
    "industry": "Specialty Chemicals"
  },
  "source_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2026-08-05",
    "accession": "0000915913-26-000102",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000102/alb-20260630.htm"
  },
  "comparison_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2025-08-04",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591325000133/alb-20250630.htm"
  },
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    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue",
      "value": 5142733000,
      "display": "$5.1B",
      "unit": "usd",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
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        "label": "Filed company results",
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        "filing_date": "2026-08-05"
      }
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    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue YoY",
      "value": -4.366189954265209,
      "display": "-4.4%",
      "unit": "percent",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "detail": null,
      "source": {
        "kind": "jodie_calculation",
        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
        "form": "10-Q",
        "accession": "0000915913-26-000102",
        "filing_date": "2026-08-05"
      }
    },
    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Operating margin",
      "value": -7.137916745823671,
      "display": "-7.1%",
      "unit": "percent",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "detail": null,
      "source": {
        "kind": "jodie_calculation",
        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
        "form": "10-Q",
        "accession": "0000915913-26-000102",
        "filing_date": "2026-08-05"
      }
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  ],
  "watch_next": [
    {
      "type": "capital_investment",
      "statement": "Albemarle expects 2026 capital expenditures of approximately $500 million, below 2025 spending partly because the Refining Solutions business was divested.",
      "importance": "medium",
      "evidence": "We expect our capital expenditures to be approximately $500 million in 2026, lower than the $589.8 million of capital expenditures in 2025, in part due to the absence of capital expenditures associated with the Refining Solutions business divested on March 2, 2026.",
      "source_date": "2026-08-05"
    },
    {
      "type": "pricing",
      "statement": "Energy Storage sales growth was driven mainly by favorable pricing, with higher volume contributing only a small amount in the reported three-month period.",
      "importance": "medium",
      "evidence": "Our net sales for the second quarter of 2026 were $1.7 billion, an increase of 31% year-over-year that was primarily driven by a 42% year-over-year increase in pricing.",
      "source_date": "2026-08-05"
    }
  ],
  "related_tickers": [
    "ALB"
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Descriptive reporting of filed results. Not investment advice, and contains no forecast or recommendation."
}