Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.54, suggesting that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 40.74%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.99%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Which has better earnings & valuation, CENX or KALU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.73	$336.80M	$1.18	14.65
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.02B	0.41	$46.80M	$2.67	28.71

Is CENX or KALU more profitable?

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 Aluminum	5.17%	19.06%	6.43%
Kaiser Aluminum	1.43%	7.02%	2.06%

Does the media favor CENX or KALU?

In the previous week, Kaiser Aluminum had 1 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum and 4 mentions for Century Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.86 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)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kaiser Aluminum	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CENX or KALU?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.