The attractive lithium outlook more than offsets bromine headwinds for narrow-moat Albemarle.
We are maintaining our $90 per share fair value estimate and narrow moat rating for Albemarle after strong second-quarter results. The company slightly raised its full-year 2016 guidance on better-than-expected performance across the business units and lower effective tax rates. Our long-term outlook for the company remains unchanged. We continue to view Albemarle as one of the best ways to play increasing penetration of electric vehicles, given the company’s leverage to lithium. While the bromi...Albemarle is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of chemicals across a range of end markets including energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, crop protection and custom chemistry services. The company's segments include: Lithium, which develops and manufactures a range of basic lithium compounds and lithium specialties and reagents; Bromine Specialties, which includes products used in fire safety solutions and other chemicals applications; and Catalysts, which includes Clean Fuels Technologies, fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives, and performance catalyst solutions.
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