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Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU) vs WD-40 Company (WDFC)

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and WD-40 Company are both in the Basic Materials sector (Aluminum and Specialty Chemicals). WD-40 Company is the larger, with a market value of $2.7B against $2.4B — 1.1× the size. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 10.6× against 30.3×. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 32.8% against 10.2%. WD-40 Company has the higher net margin (13.2% vs 5.49%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.0% vs 11.1%). Both pay a dividend; Kaiser Aluminum Corporation yields more (2.09% vs 2.00%). Across the 23 metrics below, Kaiser Aluminum Corporation leads on 13 and WD-40 Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric KALU WDFC
P/E 10.56 30.27
P/S 0.58 3.99
P/B 2.55 9.66
Price to free cash flow 16.32 33.67
EV/EBITDA 7.60 21.08
EV/Sales 0.86 4.05
Earnings yield 9.47% 3.30%
Free cash flow yield 6.13% 2.97%

Profitability

Metric KALU WDFC
Gross margin 14.52% 55.82%
Operating margin 8.24% 17.48%
Net margin 5.49% 13.19%
Free cash flow margin 3.57% 11.88%
Return on equity 26.40% 33.22%
Return on assets 8.37% 18.62%
Return on invested capital 11.08% 23.01%

Growth

Metric KALU WDFC
Revenue growth (TTM) 32.83% 10.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 68.16% 30.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 23.53% 8.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 31.33% 8.47%

Health

Metric KALU WDFC
Debt to equity 1.10 0.36
Current ratio 2.50 2.65
Net debt to EBITDA 3.33 0.25

Dividend

Metric KALU WDFC
Dividend yield 2.09% 2.00%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.61

Size

Metric KALU WDFC
Market cap 2.43b 2.70b

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