AA vs. CENX, ESAB, ATKR, GTLS, BERY, TKR, FLS, MLI, RBC, and SITE
Should you be buying Alcoa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alcoa include Century Aluminum (CENX), ESAB (ESAB), Atkore (ATKR), Chart Industries (GTLS), Berry Global Group (BERY), Timken (TKR), Flowserve (FLS), Mueller Industries (MLI), RBC Bearings (RBC), and SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Alcoa had 2 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alcoa and 2 mentions for Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Alcoa's score of 0.14 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alcoa presently has a consensus target price of $33.54, suggesting a potential downside of 2.24%. Century Aluminum has a consensus target price of $10.67, suggesting a potential downside of 32.87%. Given Alcoa's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Alcoa is more favorable than Century Aluminum.
Alcoa received 659 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.04% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.
Century Aluminum has a net margin of -2.05% compared to Alcoa's net margin of -6.41%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 5.18% beat Alcoa's return on equity.
Century Aluminum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alcoa. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alcoa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 2.71, meaning that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Century Aluminum beats Alcoa on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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