Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Competitors

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

Is KALU or CENX more profitable?

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
Kaiser Aluminum	1.55%	6.25%	1.80%
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%

Does the media prefer KALU or CENX?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 7 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Century Aluminum and 11 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.82 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.65%. Century Aluminum has a consensus target price of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 54.11%. Given Kaiser Aluminum's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kaiser Aluminum is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KALU or CENX?

Century Aluminum received 78 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.69% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 50.49% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 284 56.69%	Underperform Votes 217 43.31%
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.49%	Underperform Votes 355 49.51%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KALU or CENX?

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
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.02B	0.29	$47.20M	$2.87	18.97
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.66	-$43.10M	$3.16	5.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KALU or CENX?

99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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