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Albemarle shares outstanding ALB

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2009.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
136.2M
On a year earlier
+15.8%
more shares

Albemarle had 136.2M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 15.8% more than a year earlier, so each share owns a little less of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025117.7M+0%
FY2024117.5M+0%
FY2023117.4M−0%
FY2022117.9M+1%
FY2021117M+9%
FY2020107.3M+1%
FY2019106.3M−1%
FY2018107M−5%
FY2017112.2M−1%
FY2016113.6M+1%
FY2015112.6M+43%
FY201478.5M−4%
FY201381.7M−9%
FY201289.7M−0%
FY201189.8M−3%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26136.2M+16%
Q1 FY26118.6M+1%
Q4 FY25117.7M+0%
Q3 FY25117.7M+0%
Q2 FY25117.7M+0%
Q1 FY25117.6M+0%
Q4 FY24117.5M+0%
Q3 FY24117.5M−0%
Q2 FY24117.5M−0%
Q1 FY24117.5M−0%
Q4 FY23117.4M−0%
Q3 FY23117.8M−0%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.