Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company. The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.
As of today (2024-04-27), Albemarle's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF is $43.25. The stock price of Albemarle is $116.88. Therefore, Albemarle's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of today is 2.7.
The historical rank and industry rank for Albemarle's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF or its related term are showing as below:
ALB'
s Price-to-Projected-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.2 Med: 2.19 Max: 7.19
Current: 2.7
During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of Albemarle was 7.19. The lowest was 1.20. And the median was 2.19.
ALB's Price-to-Projected-FCF is ranked worse than 75.66% of 1068
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.215
vs ALB: 2.70
Albemarle Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Historical Data
The historical data trend for Albemarle's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Albemarle's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Albemarle's Price-to-Projected-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Projected-FCF data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Albemarle's Price-to-Projected-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Albemarle's Price-to-Projected-FCF distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Albemarle's Price-to-Projected-FCF falls into.
Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company.
The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.
This method smooths out the free cash flow over the past 6-7 years, multiplies the results by a growth multiple, and adds a portion of Total Stockholders Equity.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
The growth multiple is capped between 8.35 and 17.74.
Total Stockholders Equity weighting is more art than science and it should always be revisited in more detail when researching a company. Weightings from 0% to 100% to more than 100% are possible. 80% was chosen as a happy median after taking the above ideas into consideration.
Albemarle's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF for today is calculated as
Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF
=
Share Price
/
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
=
116.88
/
43.253988815531
=
2.70
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Albemarle Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Related Terms
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Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers. In the lithium industry, the majority of demand comes from batteries, where lithium is used as the energy storage material, particularly in electric vehicles. Albemarle is a fully integrated lithium producer. Its upstream resources include salt brine deposits in Chile and the U.S. and two hard rock mines in Australia, both of which are joint ventures. The company operates lithium refining plants in Chile, the U.S., Australia, and China. Albemarle is a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants. It is also a major producer of oil refining catalysts.
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