---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-25-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T23:11:53.410440+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle Q4 adj. EPS loss $1.09; full-year net loss $1.2B as lithium prices slump

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.2B (-48% YoY); adj. diluted EPS loss ($1.09) vs loss ($5.19) prior year.
- Full-year net loss $1.2B ($11.20 diluted loss); adj. diluted loss per share ($2.34).
- Adjusted EBITDA Q4 $251M vs loss $135M prior year; full-year $1.1B (in-line with outlook).
- Plans to place Chengdu site in care & maintenance by mid-2025; cuts 2025 capex to $700-800M (down >50% YoY).
- Cash from ops $702M; targeting breakeven free cash flow in 2025 under current lithium price scenarios.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-25-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591325000023/0000915913-25-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591325000023/alb-20250212.htm

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