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CENX vs. KALU, AA, FLS, VMI, MSA, ZWS, SITE, SLGN, GTES, and SON

Should you be buying Century Aluminum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Aluminum include Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Alcoa (AA), Flowserve (FLS), Valmont Industries (VMI), MSA Safety (MSA), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Silgan (SLGN), Gates Industrial (GTES), and Sonoco Products (SON). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Century Aluminum vs.

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

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its stock price is 156% 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.

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 62.33%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.34%. Given Kaiser Aluminum's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
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

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

In the previous week, Kaiser Aluminum had 2 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum and 7 mentions for Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of 0.54 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum$2.22B0.62-$43.10M$3.164.74
Kaiser Aluminum$3.02B0.27$47.20M$2.8717.68

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 Aluminum14.69% 13.38% 4.33%
Kaiser Aluminum 1.55%6.25%1.80%

Century Aluminum received 78 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.91% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 50.49% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Century AluminumOutperform Votes
362
50.49%
Underperform Votes
355
49.51%
Kaiser AluminumOutperform Votes
284
56.91%
Underperform Votes
215
43.09%

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CENX vs. The Competition

MetricCentury AluminumPrimary aluminum IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$5.97B$6.31B$7.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.04%3.56%4.05%
P/E Ratio4.7411.6919.4717.47
Price / Sales0.620.5671.4585.24
Price / Cash58.6024.6126.8334.64
Price / Book4.032.093.463.79
Net Income-$43.10M$185.17M$794.81M$247.10M
7 Day Performance-19.23%-17.49%-3.99%-7.32%
1 Month Performance-17.91%-17.26%-4.67%-10.20%
1 Year Performance-6.95%-19.01%6.49%-7.41%

Century Aluminum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CENX
Century Aluminum
4.3212 of 5 stars
$14.99
-14.1%
$24.33
+62.3%
+4.1%$1.38B$2.22B4.741,960Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
3.8189 of 5 stars
$67.39
+1.7%
$90.00
+33.6%
-42.1%$1.08B$3.02B23.484,000Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
AA
Alcoa
4.4781 of 5 stars
$33.50
-1.3%
$50.17
+49.7%
-26.5%$8.67B$11.90B-209.3913,100Positive News
Gap Down
FLS
Flowserve
4.7743 of 5 stars
$52.48
+3.8%
$68.60
+30.7%
-7.4%$6.91B$4.56B24.5216,000Positive News
Gap Down
VMI
Valmont Industries
4.5536 of 5 stars
$299.08
+4.8%
$402.50
+34.6%
+26.4%$6.00B$4.08B17.4111,125Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MSA
MSA Safety
4.9323 of 5 stars
$151.15
+0.9%
$197.00
+30.3%
-25.4%$5.93B$1.81B20.965,100Positive News
Gap Down
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
3.7926 of 5 stars
$34.37
+2.7%
$38.40
+11.7%
-5.3%$5.80B$1.57B37.362,700Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
2.9508 of 5 stars
$128.41
+5.3%
$154.56
+20.4%
-31.5%$5.77B$4.54B47.748,230Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
SLGN
Silgan
4.5981 of 5 stars
$50.11
+0.7%
$64.22
+28.2%
+3.4%$5.35B$5.85B19.4215,400Positive News
Gap Down
GTES
Gates Industrial
4.5874 of 5 stars
$20.11
+3.8%
$24.11
+19.9%
-4.1%$5.14B$3.41B27.5414,100Positive News
Gap Down
SON
Sonoco Products
4.7935 of 5 stars
$46.84
+0.3%
$58.50
+24.9%
-19.3%$4.62B$5.31B28.3820,500Positive News
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:CENX) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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