Century Aluminum (CENX) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KALU or CENX?

99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KALU or CENX?

Century Aluminum received 75 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.29% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 51.00% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 283 57.29%	Underperform Votes 211 42.71%
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 358 51.00%	Underperform Votes 344 49.00%

Which has better valuation and earnings, KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than Century 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.09B	0.51	$47.20M	$3.44	28.43
Century Aluminum	$2.19B	0.78	-$43.10M	$2.18	8.41

Is KALU or CENX more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 10.72% compared to Century Aluminum's net margin of 1.85%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 8.40% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kaiser Aluminum	1.85%	8.40%	2.39%
Century Aluminum	10.72%	4.27%	1.02%

Does the media refer more to KALU or CENX?

In the previous week, Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Aluminum both had 5 articles in the media. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of 0.93 indicating that Kaiser Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kaiser Aluminum	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum currently has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential downside of 21.27%. Century Aluminum has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 34.53%. Given Century Aluminum's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kaiser Aluminum is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, KALU or CENX?

Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kaiser Aluminum beats Century Aluminum on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.