Alcoa (AA) Competitors

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, AA or CENX?

Alcoa has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AA or CENX?

82.4% of Alcoa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alcoa shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AA or CENX?

In the previous week, Alcoa had 6 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Alcoa and 3 mentions for Century Aluminum. Alcoa's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Century Aluminum's score of -0.20 indicating that Alcoa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alcoa	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AA or CENX?

Alcoa received 669 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alcoa	Outperform Votes 1030 66.67%	Underperform Votes 515 33.33%
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 361 50.63%	Underperform Votes 352 49.37%

Is AA or CENX more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Alcoa's net margin of -2.65%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 11.37% beat Alcoa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alcoa	-2.65%	-1.45%	-0.56%
Century Aluminum	14.60%	11.37%	3.29%

Do analysts prefer AA or CENX?

Alcoa currently has a consensus price target of $46.36, indicating a potential upside of 17.16%. Century Aluminum has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.95%. Given Alcoa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alcoa is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alcoa	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AA or CENX?

Century Aluminum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alcoa. Alcoa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century 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
Alcoa	$11.00B	0.93	-$651M	-$1.76	-22.49
Century Aluminum	$2.19B	0.88	-$43.10M	$2.99	6.93

Summary

Alcoa beats Century Aluminum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.