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ALB Albemarle Corporation

materials · 2026-10-09

N/A
too hard · 18
Owner-earnings value$37.82
Price$102.10
Margin of safety -63.0%

Quality gate · 18/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 5.0/22
Margins / pricing power 3.0/16
Balance sheet 5.6/16
Cash conversion 0/10
Capital allocation 4.3/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic -0% < 9%) · unprofitable in too many years

Median ROIC-0.2%
Gross margin23.8%
Net debt / EBITDA1.7x
FCF conversion-19%
Share count / yr+0.2%
Profitable years2/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)408.02M
Owner-earnings yield3.4%
Free-cash-flow yield11.1%
Growth used (normalized)0.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)25.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)11.3%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1408.02M 0.0%366.44M
2409.38M 0.3%330.20M
3412.11M 0.7%298.53M
4416.23M 1.0%270.79M
5421.78M 1.3%246.44M
6428.81M 1.7%225.01M
7437.39M 2.0%206.12M
8447.59M 2.3%189.44M
9459.53M 2.7%174.67M
10473.31M 3.0%161.58M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~25%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 0%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-09 18 $102.10 $37.82 -63.0% N/A
2026-09-08 18 $126.28 $40.48 -67.9% N/A
2026-08-06 14 $118.84 — — N/A
2026-07-03 14 $135.56 — — N/A
2026-07-02 14 $136.08 — — N/A
2026-06-26 14 $141.05 — — N/A
2026-06-25 14 $147.84 — — N/A
2026-06-24 14 $149.98 — — N/A
2026-06-23 14 $149.98 — — N/A