Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

KALU Basic Materials Aluminum

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.4 billion, up 11.5% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 52.7%, EPS grew 311.1%, free cash flow grew 255.3% and total debt fell 3.43%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

147.25 1.17 −0.79%
Market cap
$2.4B
P/E
10.6×
Fwd P/E
16.8×
Dividend yield
2.09%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.67
Beneish M
−2.38
Dividend safety
42/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 16.75
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — 2 — 7 — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 2.28%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,430.00
Revenue 4,135.90
Net Income 227.00
Free Cash Flow 147.50
Net Debt 979.80
Current Ratio 2.50 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 1.10
P/E ratio 10.56
Fwd P/E 16.80
P/S ratio 0.58
P/B ratio 2.55
Past 5Y EPS Growth 30.19% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 133.66% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (17.49%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 42.07% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 31.33% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 0.09%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 36.38%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 90.05%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 32.66%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 48.63%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.23
Annual Dividend Rate 3.08
Annual Dividend Yield 2.09%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.15
0.77
0.77
0.77
2025 3.08
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
2024 3.08
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
2023 3.08
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
2022 3.08
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
2021 2.88
0.72
0.72
0.72
0.72
2020 2.68
0.67
0.67
0.67
0.67
2019 2.40
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
2018 2.20
0.55
0.55
0.55
0.55
2017 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2016 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 82 18 7 59
Receivables 338 342 423 575
Inventory 477 602 725 848
Other 59 73 63 72
990 1,075 1,262 1,602
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 253 267 275 507
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
370 401 427 642

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 9.25% 23.53% (0.54%)
Cash Flow (3.54%) (11.65%) 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 31.33% 0.00%
Book Value 0.65% 2.44% 9.38%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,107 1,257 — — —
’25 777 823 844 929 3,373
’24 738 773 748 765 3,024
’23 808 814 744 722 3,087
’22 949 954 749 776 3,428
’21 324 741 751 806 2,622
’20 369 276 256 272 1,173
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 88 60 — — —
’25 57 16 59 (21) 111
’24 63 26 34 43 167
’23 (20) 68 90 74 212
’22 1 6 (66) (4) (63)
’21 (11) 16 28 46 79
’20 52 43 56 56 207
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 69 43 — — —
’25 19 (27) 45 (9) 28
’24 33 (17) (11) (13) (8)
’23 (46) 27 52 51 84
’22 (27) (11) (92) (65) (195)
’21 (20) 7 17 20 23
’20 31 32 51 42 155
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.71 5.72 — — —
’25 1.31 1.41 2.38 1.68 6.77
’24 1.12 1.15 0.54 1.21 4.03
’23 0.99 1.14 0.34 1.74 4.20
’22 0.51 (0.87) 0.16 (1.66) (1.86)
’21 0.28 (1.41) (0.14) 0.11 (1.17)
’20 1.81 (0.41) 0.02 0.37 1.81
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 69.41 74.56 83.29 85.04 50.49 84.78 59.24 53.67 59.52 46.81

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 96.06 109.13 119.66 117.06 112.00 141.07 107.41 94.55 102.42 119.13
People
People Employees 2,760 2,770 2,860 2,820 2,575 3,957 3,920 4,000 4,000 3,840
Revenue/emp, $m 0.48 0.50 0.55 0.54 0.46 0.66 0.87 0.77 0.76 0.88
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,331 1,398 1,586 1,514 1,173 2,622 3,428 3,087 3,024 3,373
Gross margin, % 24.79 22.30 17.98 19.74 19.73 10.45 7.23 11.62 11.82 13.12
EBT 147 133 120 80 39 (24) (38) 83 88 150
EBT margin, % 11.06 9.52 7.57 5.31 3.31 (0.92) (1.11) 2.69 2.91 4.45
Net income 92 45 92 62 29 (18) (30) 68 66 113
Depreciation 37 41 45 50 54 94 109 111 119 127
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 74.70 82.23 95.62 94.65 74.21 165.57 215.51 193.05 188.19 208.61
Earnings 5.15 2.67 5.53 3.88 1.81 (1.17) (1.86) 4.24 4.09 6.96
Cash flow 9.30 8.33 9.06 14.52 13.09 5.01 (3.97) 13.25 10.40 6.89
Capex (4.27) (4.41) (4.43) (3.75) (3.27) (3.55) (8.27) (8.00) (10.88) (5.18)
Free cash flow 5.02 3.92 4.62 10.77 9.83 1.47 (12.23) 5.25 (0.48) 1.71
Book value 45.17 43.91 44.64 45.88 46.35 43.73 39.68 40.79 46.24 51.09
Shares, m 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 15.35 41.60 16.29 28.73 54.64 0.00 0.00 16.58 17.19 16.50
P/S 1.05 1.33 0.93 1.17 1.33 0.57 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.55
P/B 1.74 2.49 2.00 2.42 2.13 2.15 1.91 1.72 1.52 2.25
EV/Sales 1.25 1.55 1.18 1.39 1.53 0.91 0.71 0.73 0.77 0.91
EV/FCF 18.55 32.58 24.30 12.18 11.56 103.26 (12.51) 26.90 (302.26) 111.77
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 166 142 150 232 207 79 (63) 212 167 111
Capex (76) (75) (73) (60) (52) (56) (131) (128) (175) (84)
Free cash flow 90 67 77 172 155 23 (195) 84 (8) 28
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 491 484 451 609 963 749 624 620 674 834
Total debt 369 370 370 493 838 1,036 1,113 1,040 1,042 1,060
Net debt 83 135 208 150 58 733 1,055 957 1,023 1,053
Shareholders’ equity 805 746 740 734 732 693 631 652 743 826
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.82 3.21 6.54 4.21 1.70 (0.86) (1.26) 2.98 2.81 4.52
ROIC 12.76 11.01 9.46 8.89 6.41 2.82 0.15 4.76 3.97 6.28
ROE 11.61 5.85 12.34 8.41 3.93 (2.60) (4.47) 10.57 9.42 14.34
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation vs peers in the Basic Materials sector (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KWR Quaker Houghton $2.7B 27.9× 25.2× +10.17% (above 0%: growing) n/m −43.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.53% 7.62% Compare
WDFC WD-40 Company $2.7B 30.3× 34.0× +24.35% (above 0%: growing) +45.45% (above 0%: growing) −13.28% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.59% 20.67% Compare
BCC Boise Cascade, L.L.C. $2.6B 25.8× 18.9× +5.24% (above 0%: growing) −0.61% (below 0%: shrinking) +151.57% (above 0%: growing) 17.90% 4.59% Compare
TTAM Titan America SA $2.5B 14.2× 14.4× +9.64% (above 0%: growing) −17.86% (below 0%: shrinking) −14.52% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.04% 13.33% Compare
KALU Kaiser Aluminum Corporation $2.4B 10.6× 16.8× +52.67% (above 0%: growing) +311.11% (above 0%: growing) +255.27% (above 0%: growing) 15.84% 10.64%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation $2.4B 45.3× 18.5× −5.25% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −136.08% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.25% 19.13% Compare
IOSP Innospec Inc. $2.4B 19.7× 16.3× +11.76% (above 0%: growing) +32.98% (above 0%: growing) −63.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.14% 8.08% Compare
PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. $2.3B — (loss-making) — — n/m −1,165.90% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
DRD DRDGOLD Limited $2.2B 154× — (loss-making) −6.32% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +308.04% (above 0%: growing) 31.56% 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $2.5B 27.9× 18.7× +9.64% +16.19% −28.85% 29.85% 7.85%

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Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU) key facts

  • Strength: Kaiser Aluminum Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.4 billion, up 11.5% from fiscal 2024.
  • Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU) is an Aluminum company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, KALU traded at $147.25, a market capitalization of $2.4 billion.
  • Kaiser Aluminum Corporation pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share, a yield of 2.09%, with a payout ratio of 22.8%.
  • Return on equity was 14.3% and debt-to-equity 1.10.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.67 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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