Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KALU or CSTM?

99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Constellium shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held 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.

Is KALU or CSTM more profitable?

Kaiser Aluminum has a net margin of 1.59% compared to Constellium's net margin of 1.47%. Constellium's return on equity of 10.83% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kaiser Aluminum	1.59%	6.92%	1.99%
Constellium	1.47%	10.83%	2.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KALU or CSTM?

Constellium received 94 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.60% of users gave Constellium an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 284 57.37%	Underperform Votes 211 42.63%
Constellium	Outperform Votes 378 68.60%	Underperform Votes 173 31.40%

Which has more risk & volatility, KALU or CSTM?

Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellium has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KALU or CSTM?

In the previous week, Constellium had 2 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Constellium and 2 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Constellium's score of 0.95 indicating that Kaiser Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Constellium	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KALU or CSTM?

Constellium has higher revenue and earnings than Kaiser Aluminum. Constellium 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
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.09B	0.42	$47.20M	$2.89	27.76
Constellium	$7.83B	0.21	$135.29M	$0.74	15.76

Do analysts prefer KALU or CSTM?

Kaiser Aluminum currently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. Constellium has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.10%. Given Constellium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Constellium is more favorable than Kaiser Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Constellium	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

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