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$19.08 +0.21 (+1.09%)
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CENX vs. KALU, AA, FCX, HBM, SCCO, AMBP, TRS, NWPX, EAF, and FRD

Should you be buying Century Aluminum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Aluminum include Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Alcoa (AA), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Southern Copper (SCCO), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), TriMas (TRS), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), GrafTech International (EAF), and Friedman Industries (FRD).

Century Aluminum vs. Its Competitors

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus price target of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.57%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 19.41%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Kaiser Aluminum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Century Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kaiser Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Century Aluminum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kaiser Aluminum. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaiser Aluminum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum$2.22B0.80$336.80M$1.1816.17
Kaiser Aluminum$3.02B0.46$46.80M$2.6732.07

In the previous week, Century Aluminum and Century Aluminum both had 2 articles in the media. Kaiser Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.00 indicating that Kaiser Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 5.17% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 1.43%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 19.06% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Century Aluminum5.17% 19.06% 6.43%
Kaiser Aluminum 1.43%7.02%2.06%

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CENX vs. The Competition

MetricCentury AluminumMETAL PROC&FABR IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.76B$2.22B$7.53B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%4.53%4.03%
P/E Ratio16.1722.8824.9820.21
Price / Sales0.809.05116.24118.64
Price / Cash4.1512.2127.4558.07
Price / Book2.672.074.365.67
Net Income$336.80M$107.04M$791.63M$249.13M
7 Day Performance5.68%3.21%2.43%3.30%
1 Month Performance-3.32%3.42%5.71%5.20%
1 Year Performance-5.52%27.08%32.74%21.38%

Century Aluminum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CENX
Century Aluminum
3.7372 of 5 stars
$19.08
+1.1%
$24.33
+27.6%
-5.5%$1.76B$2.22B16.172,971
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
2.9153 of 5 stars
$79.90
-1.3%
$69.00
-13.6%
-5.9%$1.29B$3.06B29.934,000
AA
Alcoa
3.9075 of 5 stars
$29.57
+3.9%
$42.33
+43.2%
-26.4%$7.66B$11.90B8.9113,900
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.688 of 5 stars
$43.39
-1.1%
$48.27
+11.3%
-9.4%$62.35B$25.46B35.8625,600Positive News
Analyst Revision
HBM
HudBay Minerals
4.3738 of 5 stars
$10.61
+0.5%
$14.00
+32.0%
+12.4%$4.19B$2.02B27.922,803Positive News
Analyst Revision
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.4589 of 5 stars
$101.14
-1.3%
$91.50
-9.5%
-9.0%$80.53B$11.43B22.1314,700Analyst Downgrade
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
1.397 of 5 stars
$4.30
flat
$3.64
-15.3%
+35.1%$2.57B$4.91B-107.506,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TRS
TriMas
4.7547 of 5 stars
$28.61
+0.8%
$40.00
+39.8%
+18.9%$1.16B$939.58M37.163,900
NWPX
Northwest Pipe
2.786 of 5 stars
$41.01
-1.8%
$55.00
+34.1%
+28.7%$405.18M$492.55M12.541,358High Trading Volume
EAF
GrafTech International
1.5192 of 5 stars
$0.98
-7.5%
$1.63
+65.8%
-0.6%$252.95M$538.78M-1.811,072
FRD
Friedman Industries
N/A$16.56
+3.0%
N/AN/A$116.91M$444.60M19.26100High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CENX) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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