---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-22-000165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T16:33:35.109184+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle Q3 net sales up 152% to $2.1B; adj EPS $7.50 (+614%); tightens FY22 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $2.1B (+152% YoY); net income $897.2M; adjusted diluted EPS $7.50 (+614%).
- Completed acquisition of Qinzhou lithium conversion plant in China for $200M; Kemerton II mechanically complete.
- Catalysts strategic review concluded; business retained as wholly owned subsidiary branded Ketjen.
- FY22 guidance tightened: net sales $7.1-$7.4B, adj EBITDA $3.3-$3.5B, adj EPS $19.75-$21.75.
- Lithium net sales $1.5B (+318%), adj EBITDA $1.1B (+786%); Bromine net sales $354.9M (+28%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-22-000165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000165/0000915913-22-000165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000165/alb-20221102.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-22-000165.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ALBEMARLE CORP reported the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $2.1 billion, net income $897.2 million, EPS $7.61 per diluted share.
  - Period: the third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $2.1 billion
  - Net income: $897.2 million
  - EPS: $7.61 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $2.1 billion, an increase of 152%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000165/0000915913-22-000165-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.