HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. vs KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HWM and KALU diverge most: on p/s, HWM reads 10.12 and KALU reads 0.62; on dividend yield, HWM reads 0.2% and KALU reads 2.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HWM's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HWM | KALU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $229.59 | $157.38 |
| Market cap | $92.3B | $2.6B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +0.2% |
| P/E | 49.5 | 11.7 |
| P/B | 16.10 | 2.73 |
| P/S | 10.12 | 0.62 |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.4 | 7.7 |
| Revenue growth | +17.9% | +32.3% |
| Operating margin | 27.9% | 10.6% |
| Net margin | 20.5% | 5.5% |
| Return on equity | 32.6% | 24.1% |
| Return on assets | 14.1% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.1% | 13.2% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.79 | 1.10 |
| Current ratio | 1.82 | 2.50 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.58 | 2.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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