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ALB narrows its quarterly loss and beats earnings estimates as cost cuts and higher Energy Storage volumes offset weaker lithium pricing.
Albemarle Corporation ( ALB ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call November 6, 2025 8:00 AM EST Company Participants Meredith Bandy - Vice President of Investor Relations & Sustainability Jerry Masters - Chairman, President & CEO Neal Sheorey - Chief Financial Officer Eric Norris - Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer Conference Call Participants Aleksey Yefremov - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division Jeffrey Zekauskas - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Edlain Rodriguez - Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Research Division David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division Christopher Perrella - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Harris Fein - Wolfe Research, LLC Laurence Alexander - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Patrick Cunningham - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Rock Hoffman Blasko - BofA Securities, Research Division Arun Viswanathan - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Joel Jackson - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research Abigail Eberts - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division David Deckelbaum - TD Cowen, Research Division Presentation Operator Hello, and welcome to Albemarle Corporation's Q3 2025 Earnings Call. I will now hand it over to Meredith Bandy, Vice President of Investor Relations and Sustainability.
| Chemicals - Specialty Industry | Basic Materials Sector | Jerry Kent Masters Jr. CEO | NYSE Exchange | 012653101 CUSIP |
| US Country | 8,300 Employees | 12 Dec 2025 Last Dividend | 2 Mar 2007 Last Split | 17 Feb 1994 IPO Date |
Albemarle Corporation is centered around the development, manufacturing, and marketing of specialty chemicals on a global scale. The company's operations are segmented into Energy Storage, Specialties, and Ketjen, catering to a wide array of industries including energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection. Founded in 1887 and with its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, Albemarle has established itself as a key player in the engineered specialty chemicals market.
This segment delivers lithium compounds like lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride. It also provides technical services for the safe handling and usage of reactive lithium products, in addition to recycling services for lithium-containing by-products. These offerings play a crucial role in supporting the demanding energy storage market.
In this segment, Albemarle offers bromine-based specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, various bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other fine chemicals. It also features lithium specialties such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride, and develops and manufactures cesium products for chemical and pharmaceutical applications. Furthermore, this segment provides zirconium, barium, and titanium products designed for use in pyrotechnical applications including airbag initiators, serving diverse markets from construction to pharmaceuticals.
Focused on clean fuels technologies (CFT), the Ketjen segment encompasses hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) along with isomerization and akylation catalysts. It also provides fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives, and performance catalyst solutions (PCS) which include organometallics and curatives. These products and technologies are vital for the petroleum refining industry, ensuring more efficient processing and higher-quality fuel production.