Alcoa (AA) Competitors

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

Is AA or CENX more profitable?

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
Alcoa	0.50%	5.54%	2.07%
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AA or CENX?

Alcoa received 676 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.58% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alcoa	Outperform Votes 1038 66.58%	Underperform Votes 521 33.42%
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.42%	Underperform Votes 356 49.58%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AA or CENX?

Alcoa has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. Alcoa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century 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
Alcoa	$12.67B	0.59	$60M	$3.32	8.66
Century Aluminum	$2.36B	0.75	-$43.10M	$1.18	16.20

Does the media refer more to AA or CENX?

In the previous week, Alcoa had 1 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alcoa and 4 mentions for Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Alcoa's score of 0.43 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, AA or CENX?

Alcoa has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AA or CENX?

Alcoa presently has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.87%. Century Aluminum has a consensus price target of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.27%. Given Alcoa's higher probable upside, research 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Alcoa beats Century Aluminum on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.