Alcoa (AA) Competitors

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

Is CENX or AA 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
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%
Alcoa	0.50%	5.54%	2.07%

Which has more risk & volatility, CENX or AA?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.7, indicating that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alcoa has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CENX or AA?

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
Century Aluminum	$2.36B	0.64	-$43.10M	$1.18	13.70
Alcoa	$12.67B	0.59	$60M	$3.32	8.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENX or AA?

Alcoa received 676 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.62% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.42%	Underperform Votes 356 49.58%
Alcoa	Outperform Votes 1038 66.62%	Underperform Votes 520 33.38%

Do analysts recommend CENX or AA?

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus price target of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 50.48%. Alcoa has a consensus price target of $43.08, suggesting a potential upside of 49.62%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Alcoa.

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
Alcoa	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Does the media favor CENX or AA?

In the previous week, Alcoa had 16 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Alcoa and 6 mentions for Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Alcoa's score of 0.87 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alcoa	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CENX or AA?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Alcoa shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Alcoa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Century Aluminum and Alcoa tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.