Century Aluminum (CENX) Competitors

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is CENX or KALU more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 1.55%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 13.38% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%
Kaiser Aluminum	1.55%	6.25%	1.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum received 78 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.26% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.63%	Underperform Votes 353 49.37%
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 284 57.26%	Underperform Votes 212 42.74%

Does the media prefer CENX or KALU?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 8 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Century Aluminum and 4 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.69 indicating that Kaiser Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kaiser Aluminum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CENX or KALU?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CENX or KALU?

Kaiser Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaiser Aluminum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.75	-$43.10M	$3.16	5.66
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.02B	0.36	$47.20M	$2.87	23.67

Do analysts recommend CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus price target of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 36.02%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus price target of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.46%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Kaiser Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.