AlphaMadera's AlphaVal page classifies Albemarle Corporation as a Platform & Compounding FCF business and values it using Two-stage FCF DCF, then compares the result to the current market price to flag ALB as undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

What is Albemarle Corporation's fair value?

Fair value for ALB comes from a Two-stage FCF DCF model -- the approach AlphaVal selected for this company's Platform & Compounding FCF classification. The live AlphaVal page shows bear, base, and bull scenarios alongside the key assumption behind each.

How does AlphaMadera value ALB?

AlphaVal routes each company to one of ten valuation archetypes based on its business model. ALB was classified as Platform & Compounding FCF and is valued using Two-stage FCF DCF, built from ALB's most recent reported fundamentals.

ALB - Albemarle Corporation

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS | PRICE TARGET: $194.56 DETAILS

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Moderate

Trading 26.7% below fair value

Current Price $104.59

Bear Case $95.40 8.8% downside ($95.40 - $104.59) / $104.59 = -8.8% 7% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Fair Value $142.59 36.3% upside ($142.59 - $104.59) / $104.59 = 36.3% 12% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Bull Case $191.57 83.2% upside ($191.57 - $104.59) / $104.59 = 83.2% 16% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

DCF Stage 1 Growth Rate

12.4%

Discount Rate (WACC)

12.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (12% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%

Implied Market Multiple 17.0x

Market is pricing in (growth) 8.5% vs our 12.4% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 12% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 12%, the base-case intrinsic value is $142.59 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (45 analysts) $194.56

Analyst Range $130.00 – $250.00

Divergence from AlphaVal 27%

Warnings

ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $194.56 (from 45 analysts). Our estimate is 27% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

⚠ This stock is 53% below its 52-week high, with weak or declining earnings. That combination often signals real trouble, even though the valuation below is based on other fundamentals.

Key Risks

P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions