HIGHBuilt-inGeographic
83%
net sales to foreign countries
“10-K Item 1A: 'approximately 83% of our net sales to foreign countries'”
ALB · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Albemarle (ALB) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Albemarle discloses is net sales to foreign countries at 83%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Albemarle’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 2 disclosed concentrations
HIGH1
MEDIUM1
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
MEDIUMBuilt-inGeographic
39%
China
“10-K Item 1A: 'In 2025, net sales shipped to or within China represented 39% of our total net sales'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-07-03The company's disclosed concentrations are geographic and outward-facing. Roughly 83% of net sales are to foreign countries — a high share by disclosed size, and structural in character, reflecting a globally distributed customer and end-market base rather than reliance on any single account. Within that, sales shipped to or within China represented 39% of total net sales, a medium-share, structural exposure to a single country's industrial demand and policy environment. There is no disclosed customer, supplier, or product concentration layered on top. The two exposures are nested rather than additive — China is a large component of the broader foreign-sales weight — so the netted picture is a business whose results track global, and particularly Chinese, demand and currency conditions. That China weighting is the single exposure most worth monitoring; the broader foreign-sales tilt is a structural feature of the franchise rather than a discrete risk.
For the engine’s reasoning on ALB’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Specialty Chemicals
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ALB● | Albemarle Corporation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| AVNT | Avient Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ASH | Ashland Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BCPC | Balchem Corporation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.