Alcoa (AA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AA or CENX?

Alcoa received 672 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.73% 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 1033 66.73%	Underperform Votes 515 33.27%
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 0.50%. 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	0.50%	5.54%	2.07%
Century Aluminum	14.60%	11.37%	3.29%

Does the media prefer AA or CENX?

In the previous week, Alcoa and Alcoa both had 12 articles in the media. Alcoa's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.95 indicating that Alcoa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alcoa	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AA or CENX?

Alcoa has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AA or CENX?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	0.75	$60M	-$0.16	-214.92
Century Aluminum	$2.10B	0.77	-$43.10M	$2.99	5.82

Do analysts prefer AA or CENX?

Alcoa presently has a consensus target price of $46.55, indicating a potential upside of 35.36%. Century Aluminum has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.15%. Given Alcoa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Alcoa and Century Aluminum tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.