Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum currently has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.60%. Century Aluminum has a consensus target price of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 44.84%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Kaiser Aluminum.

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

Is KALU or CENX more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 1.55%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 13.38% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kaiser Aluminum	1.55%	6.25%	1.80%
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KALU or CENX?

Century Aluminum received 77 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.55% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 50.49% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 285 56.55%	Underperform Votes 219 43.45%
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.49%	Underperform Votes 355 49.51%

Does the media prefer KALU or CENX?

In the previous week, Kaiser Aluminum had 3 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum and 8 mentions for Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of 0.86 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kaiser Aluminum	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than Century 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.06B	0.35	$47.20M	$2.67	24.94
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.70	-$43.10M	$3.16	5.32

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KALU or CENX?

99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.