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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CENX) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff