Century Aluminum (CENX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum received 76 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.37% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 360 50.56%	Underperform Votes 352 49.44%
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 284 57.37%	Underperform Votes 211 42.63%

Is CENX or KALU more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 1.59%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 11.37% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Aluminum	14.60%	11.37%	3.29%
Kaiser Aluminum	1.59%	6.92%	1.99%

Does the media favor CENX or KALU?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 1 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Century Aluminum and 2 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Century Aluminum's score of 1.36 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kaiser Aluminum	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.01%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus price target of $82.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.61%. Given Kaiser Aluminum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kaiser Aluminum is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable 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	$2.19B	0.98	-$43.10M	$2.99	7.72
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.09B	0.42	$47.20M	$2.89	27.76

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CENX or KALU?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Century Aluminum and Kaiser Aluminum tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.