NASDAQ:KALU - Kaiser Aluminum Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Kaiser Aluminum declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 16th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 24th. View Kaiser Aluminum's Dividend History.

Kaiser Aluminum declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Monday, April 24th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 7.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (NASDAQ:KALU) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The industrial products company reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.12. The industrial products company earned $393.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $383.84 million. Kaiser Aluminum had a return on equity of 13.23% and a net margin of 3.41%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.90 EPS. View Kaiser Aluminum's Earnings History.

Kaiser Aluminum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 20th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kaiser Aluminum.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Kaiser Aluminum's shares. Their forecasts range from $97.00 to $123.00. On average, they anticipate Kaiser Aluminum's share price to reach $105.2857 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kaiser Aluminum.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kaiser Aluminum in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kaiser Aluminum.

News headlines about KALU stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kaiser Aluminum earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to Kaiser Aluminum include Mueller Industries (MLI), Encore Wire (WIRE), Global Brass and Copper (BRSS), Tredegar (TG), Quanex Building Products (NX) and Lihua International (LIWA).

Kaiser Aluminum's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.14%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.78%), Vanguard Group Inc (10.78%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.73%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.02%) and Standard Life Aberdeen plc (2.91%). Company insiders that own Kaiser Aluminum stock include Alfred E Osborne Jr, Carolyn Bartholomew, Del L Miller, Jack A Hockema, Jack Quinn, John Barneson, John Malcolm Donnan, Keith Harvey, Mark Krouse, Melinda C Ellsworth, Neal E West and Ray Parkinson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kaiser Aluminum.

KALU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, NWQ Investment Management Company LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Man Group plc, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Standard Life Aberdeen plc. Company insiders that have sold Kaiser Aluminum company stock in the last year include Alfred E Osborne Jr, Jack A Hockema, Jack Quinn, John Barneson, John Malcolm Donnan, Keith Harvey, Mark Krouse, Melinda C Ellsworth and Neal E West. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kaiser Aluminum.

KALU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Walthausen & Co. LLC, BlackRock Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kaiser Aluminum.

Shares of KALU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KALU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.50.

Kaiser Aluminum has a market capitalization of $1.49 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $45.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.09 on an earnings per share basis. Kaiser Aluminum employs 2,770 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kaiser Aluminum is http://www.kaiseraluminum.com.

Kaiser Aluminum's mailing address is 27422 PORTOLA PARKWAY SUITE 200, FOOTHILL RANCH CA, 92610. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 949-614-1740 or via email at [email protected]