ICL Group (NYSE:ICL): Assessing Valuation After a Recent Share Price Rebound

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) has quietly outperformed the broader market over the past week, with shares up about 10%, even as longer term returns remain mixed and commodity sentiment stays uneven.

See our latest analysis for ICL Group.

That recent 9.6% seven day share price return has only partly clawed back a weaker three month share price performance. However, with the stock now at $5.35 and a positive one year total shareholder return, momentum looks to be stabilising rather than breaking out.

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With modest growth, a mid single digit share price, and only a small discount to analyst targets, the key question now is whether ICL Group remains undervalued or if the market is already pricing in its future growth potential.

Most Popular Narrative: 20.6% Undervalued

With the narrative fair value at $6.74 versus the $5.35 last close, the current price implies investors are still discounting ICL's long term potential.

The company's focus on cash generation and strengthening free cash flow, which reached $572 million year to date, suggests improved financial health and efficiency, potentially boosting net margins and earnings. There is a strong performance from ICL's specialty driven business divisions, with a 37% year over year EBITDA increase, which highlights ICL's ability to diversify and generate revenue from multiple sources, hedging risks associated with any single market segment.

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Curious how steady, mid single digit growth, fatter margins and a re rated earnings multiple can still justify upside from here? The full narrative unpacks the revenue runway, margin rebuild and future valuation math that sit behind that higher fair value.

Result: Fair Value of $6.74 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, significant geopolitical and logistics challenges, along with heavy investment in new battery materials projects, could still compress margins and delay the expected earnings uplift.

Find out about the key risks to this ICL Group narrative.

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