Alcoa (AA) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer AA or CENX?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 4 more articles in the media than Alcoa. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Century Aluminum and 13 mentions for Alcoa. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Alcoa's score of 0.78 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alcoa	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AA or CENX more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Alcoa's net margin of 0.50%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 13.38% beat Alcoa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alcoa	0.50%	5.54%	2.07%
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%

Do analysts prefer AA or CENX?

Alcoa presently has a consensus price target of $50.17, indicating a potential upside of 49.74%. Century Aluminum has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. Given Alcoa's higher probable upside, 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AA or CENX?

82.4% of Alcoa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alcoa 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AA or CENX?

Alcoa has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. 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	$11.90B	0.73	$60M	-$0.16	-209.39
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.79	-$43.10M	$3.16	5.98

Which has more risk & volatility, AA or CENX?

Alcoa has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.67, indicating that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AA or CENX?

Alcoa received 672 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 50.49% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alcoa	Outperform Votes 1034 66.75%	Underperform Votes 515 33.25%
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.49%	Underperform Votes 355 49.51%

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Alcoa on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.