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$88.48 -0.85 (-0.95%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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KALU vs. CENX, AA, AVNT, CSTM, AMBP, TRS, NWPX, EAF, FRD, and NNBR

Should you be buying Kaiser Aluminum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kaiser Aluminum include Century Aluminum (CENX), Alcoa (AA), Avient (AVNT), Constellium (CSTM), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), TriMas (TRS), NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX), GrafTech International (EAF), Friedman Industries (FRD), and NN (NNBR).

Kaiser Aluminum vs. Its Competitors

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

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 2 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Century Aluminum and 3 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of 0.63 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kaiser Aluminum
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 Aluminum5.17% 19.06% 6.43%
Kaiser Aluminum 1.43%7.02%2.06%

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.50%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.02%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum$2.22B0.87$336.80M$1.1817.55
Kaiser Aluminum$3.02B0.47$46.80M$2.6733.14

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KALU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KALU vs. The Competition

MetricKaiser AluminumMETAL PROC&FABR IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.44B$2.29B$7.59B$9.10B
Dividend Yield3.45%2.85%4.52%4.00%
P/E Ratio33.1424.5025.1220.25
Price / Sales0.4710.32117.8399.21
Price / Cash8.9912.5227.4558.16
Price / Book2.132.184.415.49
Net Income$46.80M$107.10M$791.63M$250.27M
7 Day Performance3.34%4.72%0.73%4.75%
1 Month Performance13.67%7.98%4.84%7.64%
1 Year Performance-5.36%14.94%28.09%16.34%

Kaiser Aluminum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
1.7214 of 5 stars
$88.48
-1.0%
$69.00
-22.0%
-3.0%$1.44B$3.02B33.144,000
CENX
Century Aluminum
3.4073 of 5 stars
$18.37
-2.5%
$24.33
+32.5%
+8.3%$1.76B$2.22B15.572,971Positive News
AA
Alcoa
4.1501 of 5 stars
$29.84
-4.2%
$42.33
+41.9%
-20.6%$8.06B$11.90B8.9913,900News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
AVNT
Avient
4.5264 of 5 stars
$33.14
-3.7%
$46.80
+41.2%
-21.6%$3.15B$3.24B30.979,200News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
CSTM
Constellium
3.7774 of 5 stars
$14.13
-3.0%
$19.00
+34.5%
-25.2%$2.08B$7.34B30.7212,000News Coverage
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
1.827 of 5 stars
$4.55
+0.9%
$3.84
-15.6%
+32.4%$2.70B$4.91B-113.756,300Analyst Forecast
TRS
TriMas
4.8001 of 5 stars
$29.71
-0.9%
$40.00
+34.6%
+19.1%$1.22B$925.01M38.583,900Positive News
NWPX
NWPX Infrastructure
3.0987 of 5 stars
$42.14
-1.5%
$55.00
+30.5%
+21.8%$422.58M$492.55M12.891,358Positive News
EAF
GrafTech International
2.1177 of 5 stars
$0.92
-11.7%
$1.63
+77.0%
-11.1%$268.48M$538.78M-1.701,072Gap Down
FRD
Friedman Industries
N/A$16.47
-1.2%
N/AN/A$117.68M$444.60M19.38100Analyst Downgrade
NNBR
NN
1.3442 of 5 stars
$2.18
-5.6%
N/A-37.2%$116.53M$464.29M-2.202,900

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This page (NASDAQ:KALU) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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