** Berenberg raises lithium miner Albemarle ALB.N price target to $135 from $75
** However, new PT represents a 7.6% downside to the stock's last close
** Brokerage says there is enough lithium supply growth to fully cater for the incremental demand; adds the last leg of price strengthening in late 2025 took lithium carbonate equivalent price to $16,000/tonne and spodumene to $14,000/tonne
** "By the end of 2026, lithium levels will be consistent with current levels, limiting further progress to Albemarle's share price," Berenberg says
** "We think that, adjusting for normalised lithium prices and growth, Albemarle should trade at a single-digit multiple, in line with other miners or commodity chemicals producers" - brokerage
** Nine of 27 brokerages rate stock "buy" or higher, 17 "hold" and 1 "sell"; median PT is $125 - data compiled by LSEG
** In 2025, stock was up 64.3%
(Reporting by Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)
((Dharna.bafna@thomsonreuters.com))
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