Alcoa Corp vs KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AA and KALU diverge most: on dividend yield, AA reads 0.2% and KALU reads 2.0%; on revenue growth, AA reads +7.1% and KALU reads +32.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AA | KALU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $48.24 | $157.38 |
| Market cap | $12.8B | $2.6B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +0.2% |
| P/E | 10.0 | 11.7 |
| P/B | 1.74 | 2.73 |
| P/S | 0.94 | 0.62 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.9 | 7.7 |
| Revenue growth | +7.1% | +32.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 10.6% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 5.5% |
| Return on equity | 17.3% | 24.1% |
| Return on assets | 7.6% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 13.2% |
| FCF yield | 2.7% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.30 | 1.10 |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 2.50 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.81 | 2.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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