Alcoa vs Kaiser Aluminum
AA and KALU side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AA and KALU compare
Alcoa is the larger company, worth 5.4 times as much as Kaiser Aluminum ($10.3B against $1.9B).
On earnings, Alcoa is cheaper: it trades at 6.8× trailing earnings, against 8.6× for Kaiser Aluminum.
Kaiser Aluminum grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (32.8% versus 11.2% for Alcoa).
Alcoa keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.7% compared with 5.5% at Kaiser Aluminum.
Both pay dividends: Alcoa yields 1.0% and Kaiser Aluminum 2.6%.
Kaiser Aluminum scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 15 for Alcoa), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AA | KALU |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.3B | $1.9B |
| Share price | $39.19 | $116.28 |
| Change, 1 year | 0.72% | 25.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −18.1% | 8.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.69 | 1.60 |
| Employees | 15K | 3,840 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 6.8× (better) | 8.6× |
| P/S | 0.7× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | – | 2.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.4× (better) | 6.2× |
| P/FCF | 11.6× (better) | 21.9× |
| FCF yield | 8.6% (better) | 4.6% |
| Fair value | $98.71 | $264.35 |
| Margin of safety | 60.3% (better) | 56.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.2% | 32.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.7% | 23.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 33.3% | 209% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 201% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 30.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.9% (better) | 14.5% |
| Operating margin | – | 8.2% |
| Net margin | 10.7% (better) | 5.5% |
| FCF margin | 6.2% (better) | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | – | 26.4% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 13.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.17 (better) | 2.11 |
| Interest coverage | – | 6.2× |
| Current ratio | 2.31 | 2.50 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.59 | 2.92 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 2.6% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 6.9% | 22.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 2.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.0% | 2.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 77.9% | 102% |
| Held by insiders | 0.45% | 2.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.3M (better) | −$16.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.5% | 6.0% |
Go deeper
- AA stock overview
- AA income statement
- AA valuation and score
- KALU stock overview
- KALU income statement
- KALU valuation and score
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