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Albemarle Corp

BATON ROUGE · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Albemarle Corp — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$750.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred

Albemarle Corp looks fair against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the manufacturing sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.05× the median modeled value of Growth/Late Manufacturing companies (36 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (105% of peer median) for its niche.
Active
  • No dated round to assess.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Manufacturing

Albemarle Corp is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from BATON ROUGE. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$2.5B$5.0B$7.5B$10.0BGrowth/Late · Raised $750M (real) Modeled valuation $6.9B (est)$750M$6.9BGrowth/Late

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Growth/Late$750.0M

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.9B
Base estimate est.
$6.0B
Conservative case
$7.3B
Upside case
$7.5B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
92%
Survival probability
80% low · 98% high
1.04×/yr
Annual markup
1.14×/yr upside case
0.0 yr
Elapsed time used
0.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 companies in Manufacturing. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 370× above median
This company$750.0M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.5× above median
This company$750.0M
Sector median$503.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 572× above median
This company$6.9B
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Growth/Late$750.0M$7.5B$6.9B90%
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.2B
Modeled next size est.range $780.0M$1.9B
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Joseph M. Mahady2 other
William H. Hernandez1 other
ANNE MARIE WHITTEMORE
BARRY W. PERRY
HARRIETT TEE TAGGART
JAMES J. O'BRIEN
JIM W. NOKES
JOHN W. SHERMAN, JR.
LUTHER C. KISSAM
SCOTT A. TOZIER
Registry & provenance

Albemarle Corp is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
915913
SEC CIK
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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Albemarle Corp raised?
Albemarle Corp has raised approximately $750.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Albemarle Corp's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Albemarle Corp is approximately $6.9B (modeled range $6.0B–$7.3B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Albemarle Corp at?
Albemarle Corp's latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late.
What does Albemarle Corp do and where is it based?
Albemarle Corp operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in BATON ROUGE.
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