Century Aluminum (CENX) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$2.10B	0.81	-$43.10M	$2.99	6.13
Kaiser Aluminum	$2.98B	0.38	$47.20M	$2.89	24.15

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%

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

Do analysts rate CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.48%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus target price of $82.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.99%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum received 77 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.37% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 361 50.63%	Underperform Votes 352 49.37%
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 284 57.37%	Underperform Votes 211 42.63%

Does the media refer more to CENX or KALU?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 11 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Century Aluminum and 2 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of 0.88 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kaiser Aluminum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.5, suggesting that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.