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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KALU) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff