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Alcoa (AA) Competitors

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$24.55 -0.64 (-2.54%)
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AA vs. CENX, KALU, DOV, TS, HUBB, PKG, TRMB, BALL, GGG, and AMCR

Should you be buying Alcoa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alcoa include Century Aluminum (CENX), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Dover (DOV), Tenaris (TS), Hubbell (HUBB), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Trimble (TRMB), Ball (BALL), Graco (GGG), and Amcor (AMCR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Alcoa vs.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Alcoa has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alcoa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alcoa$12.67B0.50$60M$3.327.39
Century Aluminum$2.22B0.68-$43.10M$3.165.19

Alcoa received 676 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.71% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 50.49% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlcoaOutperform Votes
1038
66.71%
Underperform Votes
518
33.29%
Century AluminumOutperform Votes
362
50.49%
Underperform Votes
355
49.51%

Alcoa has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alcoa presently has a consensus price target of $44.17, indicating a potential upside of 79.90%. Century Aluminum has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 48.28%. Given Alcoa's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alcoa is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alcoa
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Century Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

82.4% of Alcoa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alcoa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Alcoa's net margin of 0.50%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 13.38% beat Alcoa's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alcoa0.50% 5.54% 2.07%
Century Aluminum 14.69%13.38%4.33%

In the previous week, Alcoa had 9 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Alcoa and 8 mentions for Century Aluminum. Alcoa's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Century Aluminum's score of 1.15 indicating that Alcoa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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

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AA vs. The Competition

MetricAlcoaPrimary aluminum IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.36B$6.13B$7.15B$18.97B
Dividend Yield1.51%2.26%3.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio-153.4412.2820.8232.71
Price / Sales0.500.5880.9427.84
Price / Cash9.4724.6126.9417.53
Price / Book1.232.233.744.47
Net Income$60M$185.17M$807.45M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.03%-1.84%3.18%2.26%
1 Month Performance-19.73%-14.07%1.11%-2.86%
1 Year Performance-30.12%-17.28%13.93%5.48%

Alcoa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AA
Alcoa
4.3678 of 5 stars
$24.55
-2.5%
$44.17
+79.9%
-33.1%$6.36B$12.67B-153.4413,100Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
CENX
Century Aluminum
4.1328 of 5 stars
$16.82
+0.5%
$24.33
+44.7%
-6.5%$1.55B$2.22B5.321,960Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
2.5818 of 5 stars
$64.66
+0.4%
$69.00
+6.7%
-32.0%$1.04B$3.06B22.534,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DOV
Dover
4.7119 of 5 stars
$170.03
-0.2%
$206.33
+21.4%
-5.6%$23.30B$7.73B8.7425,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
TS
Tenaris
3.4648 of 5 stars
$33.76
+0.0%
$47.00
+39.2%
-0.9%$19.63B$12.52B9.3522,800Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
HUBB
Hubbell
3.2354 of 5 stars
$359.50
+0.4%
$449.38
+25.0%
-11.7%$19.29B$5.63B25.0416,300Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
4.4226 of 5 stars
$186.13
-0.1%
$231.60
+24.4%
+5.1%$16.74B$8.54B20.8415,100Analyst Revision
Positive News
TRMB
Trimble
4.709 of 5 stars
$61.95
+0.8%
$86.00
+38.8%
+2.1%$15.23B$3.68B10.1711,800Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
BALL
Ball
4.2489 of 5 stars
$52.39
+3.7%
$60.80
+16.1%
-25.9%$14.79B$11.80B4.1421,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
GGG
Graco
3.9798 of 5 stars
$81.50
+0.2%
$93.00
+14.1%
-0.6%$13.62B$2.15B28.904,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
AMCR
Amcor
3.6851 of 5 stars
$9.34
-3.0%
$11.31
+21.1%
+3.3%$13.50B$13.54B16.9844,000Earnings Report
Options Volume
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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