Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Competitors

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

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%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CENX or KALU more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 1.55%. 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	1.55%	6.26%	1.80%

Which has stronger 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	0.77	-$43.10M	$2.99	5.81
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.02B	0.38	$47.20M	$2.87	25.04

Do analysts rate CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.34%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.24%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CENX or KALU?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 3 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Century Aluminum and 11 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of -0.05 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)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kaiser Aluminum	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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