Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited DCF Valuation
APLLTD · Healthcare · Current price ₹790
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited cash-flow valuation
Our discounted cash flow (2-stage) values Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited at ₹255 per share. Intrinsic value from 2-stage discounted cash flows (primary for asset-light / normal businesses); FCFE path. It carries 70% of the weight in our published estimate of ₹553. A discounted cash flow is only as good as the cash-flow path it assumes, so the assumptions behind it are listed in full below.
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How we got this fair value
Every number below is part of the same estimate for Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited. Nothing here is a target price or a forecast of where the share price will go.
The inputs are thin or the models disagree sharply. This is our least reliable kind of estimate, so read the range rather than the single number.
Estimate range ₹276 – ₹850
Why this method for this business
DCF and relative PE are the most appropriate models for a pharmaceutical company like Alembic Pharmaceuticals, which has a durable moat and predictable cash flows.
The models behind the number
These methods disagree materially, so the estimate is their plain midpoint rather than a weighted blend. The disagreement is itself the finding.
Intrinsic value from 2-stage discounted cash flows (primary for asset-light / normal businesses); FCFE path
- ev_ebitda is not used due to lack of clear EV/EBITDA multiples for the sector and the company's unique capital structure.
What was missing
- Lack of analyst coverage for EV/EBITDA multiples
- Limited forward EPS data for certain periods
- Insufficient data on capital allocation efficiency
What drives it
27 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- FCF_0 (normalized)
- 376 ₹cr
- Net debt
- 1,233.6 ₹cr
- Sector-median P/E
- 38.26×
- Peers used
- 42
- EPS (TTM)
- 35.27 ₹/share
- Own-history median P/E
- 27.98×
fcf_norm (median ≤5y positive)
total_debt − cash
peer-median
peer-median
computed
reconstructed (one feature, dampened — not a cap)
- Discount rate (r)
- 13.28%
- Beta
- 0.85
COE (building-block)
bottom-up industry
- Stage-1 start growth
- 5.37%
- Fade shape
- linear
- Terminal growth (g)
- 5.37%
- Stage-1 years
- 9 y
pat_cagr_5y
lifecycle Mature
macro terminal × quality premium
lifecycle Mature horizon
- Lifecycle stage
- Mature
- Quality premium
- 1.075×
- Term: quality
- -7.1%
- Term: growth
- -24.7%
- Term: capital_allocation
- -8.5%
- Term: financial_strength
- +5.8%
- Term: history
- -8.1%
- Term: sector_rerating
- +0.0%
- Term: rate_regime
- +1.2%
- Term: risk
- +0.0%
forecast engine (L20)
moat Narrow + capital allocation
quality 41/100 (weak/erratic returns) → discount
weak ~-2% CAGR (ROCE 22% > hurdle) → discount
capital allocation: falling ROCE / weak cash generation → discount
financial strength: low leverage (D/E 0.2) → mild premium
history: market paid -27% vs sector, dampened ×0.3 (one feature, not the anchor)
sector re-rating: no sector-norm history → not used
rates: risk-free 6.9% below ~7.1% normal → higher multiple
risk: no analyst-dispersion signal available → neutral (lowers confidence, not PE)
- Path
- FCFE
- Terminal-value fraction
- 0.522
- Premium vs sector
- -37.0%
- Fair-multiple confidence
- 83%
- Fair P/E
- 24.1×
computed (D/E vs 0.8)
PV_TV / (PV_1+PV_TV)
fundamentals + macro (not capped at own history)
data completeness + term agreement
sector median × ∏(1+term) — Dynamic Fair Multiple
Who computed this
A language model (qwen3:8b) selects the valuation method and the judgement inputs for Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited: which models suit the business, the moat, the growth and margin assumptions. It does not produce the number. The fair value itself is computed in Python by a deterministic engine (version 2026.08.1) from those inputs, so the same inputs always give the same result and every figure above can be traced to a source.
Estimated 14 Sept 2026. Re-run as new financials and news arrive.
How we value stocks
We estimate what a business is worth from its own economics: cash flows, returns on capital, and a multiple justified by its quality, rather than from where the share price has been. A fair value estimate is a view, not a verdict, and it is only as good as the inputs listed above.
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