(KALU) Kaiser Aluminum - Overview

Exchange: NASDAQ • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US4830077040

Stock:

Total Rating 66

Risk 77

Buy Signal 0.00

Aluminum +1.1
Aluminum +1.2

Market Cap: 2,059m
Avg Trading Vol: 30.2M USD

ATR: 5.96%
Peers RS (IBD): 44.30

Risk 5d forecast
Volatility	50.7%
Relative Tail Risk	-6.59%

Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio	1.45
Alpha	55.38

Character TTM
Beta	1.632
Beta Downside	1.943

Drawdowns 3y
Max DD	48.85%
CAGR/Max DD	0.48

EPS (Earnings per Share)

EPS CAGR: 25.13%
EPS Trend: 65.1%

Last SUE: 0.41
Qual. Beats: 0

Revenue

Rev. CAGR: -0.56%
Rev. Trend: -11.6%

Last SUE: 0.77
Qual. Beats: 0

Description: KALU Kaiser Aluminum

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products. It offers rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products used for aerospace and defense, aluminum beverage and food packaging, and automotive and general engineering products. The company offers aero/HS products, such as heat-treated plates and sheets, hard alloy extruded shapes, cold finish rods and bars, and seamless drawn tubes and billets used for end uses in the global aerospace, space, and defense industries. It also provides packaging products, including bare and coated 3000 and 5000-series alloy aluminum coils used in beverage and food packaging industry. In addition, the company offers general engineering products comprising 6000-series aluminum alloy plate, sheet, rod, bar, tube, wire, and standard extruded shapes used in various applications, including the production of armor for military vehicles, ordnances, semiconductor manufacturing cells, electronic devices, after-market motor sport parts, tooling plates, machinery and equipment parts, bolts, screws, and rivets. Further, it provides automotive extrusions consisting of 6000-series extruded aluminum products for structural components, crash management systems, anti-lock braking systems, and drawn tubes for drive shafts, as well as offers fabrication services, including sawing and cutting to length. Additionally, the company offers rerolled, extruded, drawn, and cast billet aluminum products for various industrial end uses. The company sells its products directly to customers through sales personnel located in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, as well as through independent sales agents in other regions of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 4.5

Net Income: 112.5m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue
FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.65 > 1.0
NWC/Revenue: 24.73% < 20% (prev 19.04%; Δ 5.69% < -1%)
CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 175.4m > Net Income 112.5m
Net Debt (14.7m) to EBITDA (313.2m): 0.05 < 3
Current Ratio: 2.95 > 1.5 & < 3
Outstanding Shares: last quarter (16.8m) vs 12m ago 2.67% < -2%
Gross Margin: 9.48% > 18% (prev 0.11%; Δ 937.0% > 0.5%)
Asset Turnover: 138.2% > 50% (prev 130.6%; Δ 7.61% > 0%)
Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.81 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 313.2m / Interest Expense TTM 50.1m)

Altman Z'' 2.94

A: 0.33 (Total Current Assets 1.26b - Total Current Liabilities 427.2m) / Total Assets 2.56b
B: 0.06 (Retained Earnings 142.5m / Total Assets 2.56b)
C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 190.7m / Avg Total Assets 2.44b)
D: 0.10 (Book Value of Equity 169.5m / Total Liabilities 1.74b)
Altman-Z'' Score: 2.94 = A

Beneish M -2.85

DSRI: 1.05 (Receivables 486.7m/415.1m, Revenue 3.37b/3.02b)
GMI: 1.20 (GM 9.48% / 11.42%)
AQI: 0.81 (AQ_t 0.05 / AQ_t-1 0.06)
SGI: 1.12 (Revenue 3.37b / 3.02b)
TATA: -0.02 (NI 112.5m - CFO 175.4m) / TA 2.56b)
Beneish M-Score: -2.85 (Cap -4..+1) = A

What is the price of KALU shares?

As of February 24, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 125.83 with a total of 415,730 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -10.49%, over one month by -1.24%, over three months by +35.98% and over the past year by +87.73%.

Is KALU a buy, sell or hold?

Kaiser Aluminum has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.67. Therefor, it is recommend to hold KALU.

StrongBuy: 1
Buy: 0
Hold: 2
Sell: 0
StrongSell: 0

What are the forecasts/targets for the KALU price?

Issuer	Target	Up/Down from current
Wallstreet Target Price	119	-5.4%
Analysts Target Price	119	-5.4%

KALU Fundamental Data Overview February 21, 2026

P/E Trailing = 24.6221
P/E Forward = 27.7008
P/S = 0.6416
P/B = 2.817
P/EG = 2.24
Revenue TTM = 3.37b USD
EBIT TTM = 190.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 313.2m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.04b USD (from longTermDebt, two quarters ago)
Short Term Debt = 7.70m USD (from shortTermDebt, two quarters ago)
Debt = 21.7m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 14.7m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 2.07b USD (2.06b + Debt 21.7m - CCE 7.00m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.81 (Ebit TTM 190.7m / Interest Expense TTM 50.1m)
EV/FCF = 159.5x (Enterprise Value 2.07b / FCF TTM 13.0m)
FCF Yield = 0.63% (FCF TTM 13.0m / Enterprise Value 2.07b)
FCF Margin = 0.39% (FCF TTM 13.0m / Revenue TTM 3.37b)
Net Margin = 3.34% (Net Income TTM 112.5m / Revenue TTM 3.37b)
Gross Margin = 9.48% ((Revenue TTM 3.37b - Cost of Revenue TTM 3.05b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 6.73% (prev 9.80%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.81 (Enterprise Value 2.07b / Total Assets 2.56b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 64.52% (Interest Expense 14.0m / Debt 21.7m)
Taxrate = 35.17% (15.3m / 43.5m)
NOPAT = 123.6m (EBIT 190.7m * (1 - 35.17%))
Current Ratio = 2.95 (Total Current Assets 1.26b / Total Current Liabilities 427.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.03 (Debt 21.7m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 826.1m)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.05 (Net Debt 14.7m / EBITDA 313.2m)
Debt / FCF = 1.13 (Net Debt 14.7m / FCF TTM 13.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 791.2m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.61% (Net Income 112.5m / Total Assets 2.56b)
RoE = 14.22% (Net Income TTM 112.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 791.2m)
RoCE = 10.40% (EBIT 190.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 791.2m + L.T.Debt 1.04b))
RoIC = 6.74% (NOPAT 123.6m / Invested Capital 1.83b)
WACC = 11.81% (E(2.06b)/V(2.08b) * Re(11.93%) + (debt cost/tax rate unavailable))
Discount Rate = 11.93% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 100.0 | Cagr: 2.28%
[DCF Debug] Terminal Value 55.25% ; FCFF base≈27.8m ; Y1≈18.2m ; Y5≈8.33m
Fair Price DCF = 5.24 (EV 99.7m - Net Debt 14.7m = Equity 85.0m / Shares 16.2m; r=11.81% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -40.0% → 2.90% )
EPS Correlation: 65.07 | EPS CAGR: 25.13% | SUE: 0.41 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -11.61 | Revenue CAGR: -0.56% | SUE: 0.77 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=1.94 | Chg30d=+0.315 | Revisions Net=+0 | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=7.99 | Chg30d=+0.695 | Revisions Net=+2 | Growth EPS=+32.6% | Growth Revenue=+16.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=9.19 | Chg30d=+0.527 | Revisions Net=+2 | Growth EPS=+15.0% | Growth Revenue=+2.0%

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