---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T12:46:41.983533+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle Q4 net sales up 193% to $2.6B; FY22 net sales over $7B; FY23 guidance $11.3-12.9B

## Summary
- Q4 net income $1.1B ($9.60 diluted EPS); adjusted diluted EPS $8.62, up 753% YoY.
- FY22 net sales >$7B, more than double FY21; adjusted EBITDA ~$3.5B, nearly 4x YoY.
- FY23 guidance: net sales $11.3-12.9B; adjusted EBITDA $4.2-5.1B; capex $1.7-1.9B.
- Long-term 2027 target: net sales $17.6-19.3B, adjusted EBITDA $7.2-8.4B.
- New Albemarle Technology Park in Charlotte; launched MercLok™ mercury remediation product.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+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/915913/000091591323000035/0000915913-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000035/alb-20230215.htm

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