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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$33.28
+4.1%
$35.68
$27.12
$47.77
$8.61B2.555.32 million shs4.76 million shs
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
$19.15
+5.7%
$19.22
$11.35
$25.39
$1.77B2.671.81 million shs2.96 million shs
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
$67.00
-1.2%
$70.90
$63.44
$102.42
$1.08B1.37133,678 shs93,067 shs
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
$18.69
+0.8%
$21.77
$18.14
$39.31
$882.10M1.33426,319 shs700,504 shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
+2.97%+2.62%-11.62%-19.27%+4.70%
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
+9.16%-0.82%-3.10%-16.14%+57.89%
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
+3.54%-1.32%-4.09%-14.35%-11.65%
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
-9.43%-0.41%-13.03%-36.70%-46.43%
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MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
4.3801 of 5 stars
4.43.01.70.02.61.71.3
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
4.082 of 5 stars
3.52.00.00.02.72.52.5
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
3.3793 of 5 stars
3.32.02.50.02.11.71.9
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
4.9444 of 5 stars
3.52.02.51.83.13.34.4

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
2.83
Moderate Buy$50.1750.76% Upside
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
3.00
Buy$24.3327.07% Upside
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
2.50
Moderate Buy$90.0034.33% Upside
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
3.00
Buy$38.00103.37% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest KALU, CENX, AA, and NX Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
3/11/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
HC Wainwright
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Boost Price TargetBuy$90.00
2/24/2025
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
BMO Capital Markets
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UpgradeMarket Perform ➝ Outperform$22.00 ➝ $22.00
1/28/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$55.00 ➝ $51.00
1/24/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
Bank of America
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Boost Price TargetBuy$58.00
1/21/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
B. Riley
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UpgradeStrong-Buy
1/17/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
BMO Capital Markets
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Boost Price TargetHold$43.00
1/16/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$38.00 ➝ $40.00
1/6/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
Jefferies Financial Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$50.00 ➝ $45.00
(Data available from 3/12/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$11.90B0.72$3.51 per share9.47$19.96 per share1.67
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
$2.22B0.80$0.33 per share58.60$3.72 per share5.15
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
$3.02B0.36$8.77 per share7.64$41.52 per share1.61
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
$1.28B0.69$2.68 per share6.96$21.39 per share0.87

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$60M-$0.16N/A10.500.190.50%5.54%2.07%4/16/2025 (Estimated)
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
-$43.10M$3.166.066.34N/A14.69%13.38%4.33%5/7/2025 (Estimated)
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
$47.20M$2.8723.349.71N/A1.55%6.25%1.80%4/23/2025 (Estimated)
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
$33.06M$1.1216.687.080.682.59%11.79%6.64%N/A

Latest KALU, CENX, AA, and NX Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
2/20/2025Q4 2024
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
$0.42$0.47+$0.05$0.47$515.27 million$631.00 million
2/19/2025Q4 24
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
$0.63$0.33-$0.30$0.43$752.00 million$765.40 million
1/22/2025Q4 2024
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$0.91$1.04+$0.13$0.76$3.45 billionN/A
12/12/2024Q4 2024
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
$0.53$0.61+$0.08-$0.30N/AN/A

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$0.401.20%+58.74%N/A N/A
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
$3.084.60%+1.68%107.32%N/A
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
$0.321.71%N/A28.57%N/A

Latest KALU, CENX, AA, and NX Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
2/27/2025
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
quarterly$0.081.63%3/17/20253/17/20253/31/2025
2/20/2025
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
quarterly$0.101.07%3/4/20253/4/20253/20/2025
1/13/2025
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
quarterly$0.774.25%1/24/20251/24/20252/14/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
0.48
1.45
0.86
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
0.71
1.71
0.56
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
1.56
2.44
1.36
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
0.73
2.24
1.23

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
82.39%
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
61.59%
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
99.29%
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
97.48%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
1.08%
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
0.68%
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
1.50%
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
2.15%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
13,900258.88 millionN/AOptionable
Century Aluminum stock logo
CENX
Century Aluminum
1,96092.29 million92.17 millionOptionable
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
4,00016.10 million15.85 millionOptionable
Quanex Building Products Co. stock logo
NX
Quanex Building Products
3,88047.21 million46.19 millionOptionable

KALU, CENX, AA, and NX Headlines

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Company Descriptions

Alcoa logo

Alcoa

NYSE:AA
Alcoa Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products in the United States, Spain, Australia, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Alumina and Aluminum. It engages in bauxite mining operations; and processes bauxite into alumina and sells it to customers who process it into industrial chemical products, as well as aluminum smelting and casting businesses. The company offers primary aluminum in the form of alloy ingot or value-add ingot to customers that produce products for the transportation, building and construction, packaging, wire, and other industrial markets; and flat-rolled aluminum in the form of sheet, which is sold primarily to customers that produce beverage and food cans. In addition, it owns hydro power plants that generates and sells electricity in the wholesale market to traders, large industrial consumers, distribution companies, and other generation companies. The company was formerly known as Alcoa Upstream Corporation and changed its name to Alcoa Corporation in October 2016. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Century Aluminum logo

Century Aluminum

NASDAQ:CENX
Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production of standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. It also owns and operates an alumina production facility in Iceland, and a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser Aluminum logo

Kaiser Aluminum

NASDAQ:KALU
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products in the United States and internationally. It offers rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products used for aerospace and defense, aluminum beverage and food packaging, automotive and general engineering products. The company's automotive extrusions include extruded aluminum products for structural components, crash management systems, anti-lock braking systems, and drawn tubes for drive shafts, as well as offers fabrication services, including sawing and cutting to length. Its packaging products consist of bare and coated 3000- and 5000-series alloy aluminum coil used for beverage and food packaging industry. In addition, the company's general engineering products comprise alloy plate, sheet, rod, bar, tube, wire, and standard extrusion shapes used in various applications, including the production of military vehicles, ordnances, semiconductor manufacturing cells, electronic devices, after-market motor sport parts, tooling plates, parts for machinery and equipment, bolts, screws, nails, and rivets. Further, its rerolled, extruded, drawn, and cast billet aluminum products used for industrial end uses. The company sells its products directly to customers through sales personnel located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and China, as well as through independent sales agents in other regions of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.
Quanex Building Products logo

Quanex Building Products

NYSE:NX
Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, rest of Europe, Canada, Asia, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. It offers flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, and precision-formed metal and wood products, as well as cabinet doors and other components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the kitchen and bathroom cabinet industry. In addition, the company provides various non-fenestration components and products, including solar panel sealants, trim moldings, vinyl decking, fencing, water retention barriers, and conservatory roof components. It sells its products to OEMs in the building products industry through sales representatives, direct sales force, distributors, and independent sales agents. Quanex Building Products Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas.