Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kaiser Aluminum in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" KALU shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Kaiser Aluminum's stock. Their KALU share price forecasts range from $67.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $72.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%.
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Kaiser Aluminum's stock was trading at $75.96 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KALU stock has decreased by 3.0% and is now trading at $73.71.
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Kaiser Aluminum saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 436,500 shares, a drop of 8.0% from the August 15th total of 474,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 85,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 18th 2023.
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Kaiser Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ:KALU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The industrial products company reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.80. The industrial products company earned $814.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $797.21 million. Kaiser Aluminum had a net margin of 0.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.99%. Kaiser Aluminum's quarterly revenue was down 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.87) EPS.

Kaiser Aluminum declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 25th will be given a dividend of $0.77 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 24th.
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Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.09%. KALU has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 488.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, KALU will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 employees have rated Kaiser Aluminum Chief Executive Officer Keith A. Harvey on Glassdoor.com. Keith A. Harvey has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Keith A. Harvey in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Kaiser Aluminum trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KALU."

Kaiser Aluminum's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.08%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (6.98%), State Street Corp (5.78%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.33%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.92%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Alfred E Osborne Jr, Brant Weaver, Del L Miller, Jack A Hockema, Jack A Hockema, Jennifer Huey, John Malcolm Donnan, Keith Harvey, Leo Wilfred Gerard, Neal E West, Neal E West and Ray Parkinson.
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One share of KALU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.71.

Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) has a market capitalization of $1.18 billion and generates $3.43 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $-29,600,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,920 workers across the globe.

Kaiser Aluminum's mailing address is 27422 PORTOLA PARKWAY SUITE 200, FOOTHILL RANCH CA, 92610. The official website for the company is www.kaiseraluminum.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (629) 252-7040, via email at investors@kaiseraluminum.com, or via fax at 949-614-1930.