ALB - Albemarle Corporation
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Hold
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$197.11
DETAILS
HIGH:
$250.00
LOW:
$153.00
MEDIAN:
$190.00
CONSENSUS:
$197.11
UPSIDE:
46.43%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Platform & Compounding FCF
50% confidence
Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF
Adjust Assumptions
12.4%
12.0%
3.0%
Key Value Driver
FCF growth rate (12% base case)
Terminal Value % of EV
36%
Implied Market Multiple
21.2x
Market is pricing in (growth)
11.7%
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)
$197.11
Analyst Range
$153.00 – $250.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
28%
Warnings
Wall Street's average price target is $197.11 (from 45 analysts). Our estimate is 28% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
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