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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Which has better valuation & 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	0.97	-$43.10M	$2.99	7.35
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.09B	0.45	$47.20M	$2.89	29.83

Which has more volatility and risk, CENX or KALU?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 50.63% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 360 50.63%	Underperform Votes 351 49.37%
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 284 57.37%	Underperform Votes 211 42.63%

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

Do analysts rate CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.46%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus target price of $82.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.49%. Given Century Aluminum's higher probable upside, research 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)	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

Does the media favor CENX or KALU?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 15 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Century Aluminum and 3 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of 0.29 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CENX or KALU more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 10.32% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 1.59%. Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity of 6.92% beat Century Aluminum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Aluminum	10.32%	-0.04%	-0.01%
Kaiser Aluminum	1.59%	6.92%	1.99%

Summary

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