Compare Stocks: KALU, CENX, AA, and CMC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AA Alcoa	$49.96 +0.7%	$52.01	$28.92 ▼ $84.38	$13.19B	1.63	5.78 million shs	2.92 million shs
CENX Century Aluminum	$46.72 +0.7%	$48.05	$20.91 ▼ $70.43	$4.62B	1.96	2.11 million shs	1.10 million shs
CMC Commercial Metals	$71.60 -0.7%	$69.43	$53.08 ▼ $84.87	$7.92B	1.52	1.06 million shs	720,684 shs
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$181.73 -0.6%	$174.46	$73.08 ▼ $199.89	$2.97B	1.61	274,026 shs	153,784 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AA Alcoa	0.00%	-0.45%	+6.45%	-20.01%	+57.44%
CENX Century Aluminum	0.00%	-8.80%	+9.67%	-17.78%	+96.14%
CMC Commercial Metals	0.00%	-4.75%	+7.93%	+0.50%	+22.59%
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	0.00%	-1.63%	+13.29%	+7.35%	+136.60%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AA Alcoa	$49.96 +0.7%	$52.01	$28.92 ▼ $84.38	$13.19B	1.63	5.78 million shs	2.92 million shs
CENX Century Aluminum	$46.72 +0.7%	$48.05	$20.91 ▼ $70.43	$4.62B	1.96	2.11 million shs	1.10 million shs
CMC Commercial Metals	$71.60 -0.7%	$69.43	$53.08 ▼ $84.87	$7.92B	1.52	1.06 million shs	720,684 shs
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$181.73 -0.6%	$174.46	$73.08 ▼ $199.89	$2.97B	1.61	274,026 shs	153,784 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AA Alcoa	0.00%	-0.45%	+6.45%	-20.01%	+57.44%
CENX Century Aluminum	0.00%	-8.80%	+9.67%	-17.78%	+96.14%
CMC Commercial Metals	0.00%	-4.75%	+7.93%	+0.50%	+22.59%
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	0.00%	-1.63%	+13.29%	+7.35%	+136.60%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AA Alcoa	2.33	Hold	$61.09	22.29% Upside
CENX Century Aluminum	2.50	Moderate Buy	$72.00	54.11% Upside
CMC Commercial Metals	2.67	Moderate Buy	$81.18	13.38% Upside
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	2.33	Hold	$168.25	-7.42% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KALU, CENX, AA, and CMC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/10/2026	CENX Century Aluminum	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$60.00
8/7/2026	CMC Commercial Metals	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$75.00 ➝ $80.00
8/6/2026	CMC Commercial Metals	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$85.00
8/6/2026	CMC Commercial Metals	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$77.00 ➝ $80.00
7/30/2026	CMC Commercial Metals	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
7/29/2026	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/24/2026	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$158.00 ➝ $169.00
7/22/2026	AA Alcoa	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$73.00 ➝ $55.00
7/21/2026	CENX Century Aluminum	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/21/2026	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
7/17/2026	AA Alcoa	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$60.00 ➝ $55.00

(Data available from 8/16/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AA Alcoa	$13.60B	0.97	$6.82 per share	7.32	$27.93 per share	1.79
CENX Century Aluminum	$2.53B	1.83	$1.43 per share	32.64	$15.50 per share	3.01
CMC Commercial Metals	$8.85B	0.90	$5.74 per share	12.47	$37.46 per share	1.91
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$3.37B	0.88	$14.03 per share	12.95	$57.73 per share	3.15

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AA Alcoa	$1.16B	$4.86	10.28	8.60	0.57	9.48%	18.90%	7.71%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)
CENX Century Aluminum	$41.80M	$5.79	8.07	4.42	N/A	22.63%	33.83%	15.14%	N/A
CMC Commercial Metals	$84.66M	$5.31	13.48	9.84	0.41	6.72%	15.69%	7.65%	10/15/2026 (Estimated)
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$112.50M	$13.49	13.47	18.72	N/A	5.49%	24.71%	7.86%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)

Latest KALU, CENX, AA, and CMC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	CENX Century Aluminum	$2.33	$2.46	+$0.13	$2.39	$817.15 million	$752.10 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$2.66	$5.53	+$2.87	$5.72	$1.12 billion	$1.26 billion
7/16/2026	Q2 2026	AA Alcoa	$2.25	$2.12	-$0.13	$1.53	$3.99 billion	$3.97 billion
6/25/2026	Q3 2026	CMC Commercial Metals	$1.70	$1.73	+$0.03	$1.55	$2.40 billion	$2.48 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AA Alcoa	$0.40	0.80%	N/A	8.23%	N/A
CENX Century Aluminum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CMC Commercial Metals	$0.80	1.12%	+8.45%	15.07%	4 Years
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$3.08	1.69%	+2.82%	22.83%	N/A

Latest KALU, CENX, AA, and CMC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/30/2026	AA Alcoa	quarterly	$0.10	0.74%	8/11/2026	8/11/2026	8/27/2026
7/8/2026	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	quarterly	$0.77	1.89%	7/24/2026	7/24/2026	8/14/2026
6/24/2026	CMC Commercial Metals	quarterly	$0.20	1.28%	7/6/2026	7/6/2026	7/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AA Alcoa	0.30	1.53	0.92
CENX Century Aluminum	0.31	2.75	1.61
CMC Commercial Metals	0.73	2.33	1.54
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	1.10	2.50	1.17

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AA Alcoa	82.39%
CENX Century Aluminum	61.59%
CMC Commercial Metals	86.90%
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	99.29%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AA Alcoa	0.43%
CENX Century Aluminum	0.84%
CMC Commercial Metals	0.62%
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	1.30%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AA Alcoa	14,900	263.91 million	N/A	Optionable
CENX Century Aluminum	2,906	98.99 million	98.16 million	Optionable
CMC Commercial Metals	12,690	110.62 million	109.94 million	Optionable
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	3,840	16.35 million	16.14 million	Optionable

KALU, CENX, AA, and CMC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Royal Bank of Canada Has $2.86 Million Holdings in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU

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August 14 at 12:44 PM | msn.com

Aluminum stock briefly tops buy point. Earnings surge 357% amid strong trends

August 12, 2026 | msn.com

Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) Hits New 1-Year High - What's Next?

August 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Invests $10.66 Million in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU

August 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC Has $2.59 Million Stake in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU

August 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Renaissance Technologies LLC Boosts Holdings in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU

August 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

First Trust Advisors LP Has $2.54 Million Position in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU

August 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU Shares Sold by Edgestream Partners L.P.

August 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

PVG Asset Management Corp Purchases 6,435 Shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU

August 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sei Investments Co. Acquires 23,373 Shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $KALU

August 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) Upgraded to "Strong-Buy" at Wall Street Zen

August 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Are Industrial Products Stocks Lagging Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) This Year?

July 31, 2026 | zacks.com

J.P. Morgan Keeps Their Sell Rating on Kaiser Aluminum (KALU)

July 31, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) Upgraded by Zacks Research to "Strong-Buy" Rating

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Is Kaiser (KALU) a Solid Growth Stock? 3 Reasons to Think "Yes"

July 30, 2026 | zacks.com

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July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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KALU, CENX, AA, and CMC Company Descriptions

Alcoa NYSE:AA

$49.96 +0.37 (+0.74%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$49.98 +0.02 (+0.05%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:38 PM Eastern

Alcoa Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products in the United States, Spain, Australia, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Alumina and Aluminum. It engages in bauxite mining operations; and processes bauxite into alumina and sells it to customers who process it into industrial chemical products, as well as aluminum smelting and casting businesses. The company offers primary aluminum in the form of alloy ingot or value-add ingot to customers that produce products for the transportation, building and construction, packaging, wire, and other industrial markets; and flat-rolled aluminum in the form of sheet, which is sold primarily to customers that produce beverage and food cans. In addition, it owns hydro power plants that generates and sells electricity in the wholesale market to traders, large industrial consumers, distribution companies, and other generation companies. The company was formerly known as Alcoa Upstream Corporation and changed its name to Alcoa Corporation in October 2016. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Century Aluminum NASDAQ:CENX

$46.72 +0.33 (+0.71%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$47.23 +0.51 (+1.09%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production of standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. It also owns and operates an alumina production facility in Iceland, and a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Commercial Metals NYSE:CMC

$71.60 -0.53 (-0.73%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$70.70 -0.90 (-1.26%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Commercial Metals Company manufactures, recycles, and fabricates steel and metal products, and related materials and services in the United States, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through two segments, North America and Europe. The company processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals to steel mills and foundries, aluminum sheet and ingot manufacturers, brass and bronze ingot makers, copper refineries and mills, secondary lead smelters, specialty steel mills, high temperature alloy manufacturers, and other consumers. It also manufactures and sells finished long steel products, including reinforcing bar, merchant bar, light structural, and other special sections, as well as semi-finished billets for rerolling and forging applications. In addition, the company provides fabricated rebar used to reinforce concrete primarily in the construction of commercial and non-commercial buildings, hospitals, convention centers, industrial plants, power plants, highways, bridges, arenas, stadiums, and dams; sells and rents construction-related products and equipment to concrete installers and other businesses; and manufactures and sells strength bars for the truck trailer industry, special bar steels for the energy market, and armor plates for military vehicles. Further, it manufactures rebars, merchant bars, and wire rods; and sells fabricated rebars, wire meshes, fabricated meshes, assembled rebar cages, and other fabricated rebar by-products to fabricators, manufacturers, distributors, and construction companies. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Kaiser Aluminum NASDAQ:KALU

$181.73 -1.02 (-0.56%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$181.66 -0.07 (-0.04%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products in the United States and internationally. It offers rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products used for aerospace and defense, aluminum beverage and food packaging, automotive and general engineering products. The company's automotive extrusions include extruded aluminum products for structural components, crash management systems, anti-lock braking systems, and drawn tubes for drive shafts, as well as offers fabrication services, including sawing and cutting to length. Its packaging products consist of bare and coated 3000- and 5000-series alloy aluminum coil used for beverage and food packaging industry. In addition, the company's general engineering products comprise alloy plate, sheet, rod, bar, tube, wire, and standard extrusion shapes used in various applications, including the production of military vehicles, ordnances, semiconductor manufacturing cells, electronic devices, after-market motor sport parts, tooling plates, parts for machinery and equipment, bolts, screws, nails, and rivets. Further, its rerolled, extruded, drawn, and cast billet aluminum products used for industrial end uses. The company sells its products directly to customers through sales personnel located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and China, as well as through independent sales agents in other regions of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

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