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How Kaiser Aluminum Corporation stacks up
KALU · against 1,333 other Basic Materials companies
Profitability
74/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #341 of 1,334 · scores higher than 74% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score133 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including KALU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 74?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.2% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.0% vs peer median 6.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 83% of peers. Return on assets: 7.8% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = KALU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | KALU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 1,260 reported | 14.0% | 6.7% | 75% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,304 reported | 8.2% | 7.6% | 54% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,270 reported | 7.8% | 2.5% | 83% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,254 reported | 26.4% | 5.5% | 91% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,372 reported | 14.5% | 21.5% | 34% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KALU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 1 | 2.22T INR (≈$26.7B) | 100 | 74 | |
| 1 | 583.2B INR (≈$7.0B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 4 | 49.8B HKD (≈$6.4B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 4 | 1.9B MYR (≈$416M) | 98 | 81 | |
| 341 | 62.2B USD | 74 | 54 | |
| 341 | 207.4B INR (≈$2.5B) | 74 | 54 | |
| 341 | 3.2B USD | 74 | 57 | |
| 341 | 3.22T INR (≈$38.7B) | 74 | 63 | |
| 341 | 1.9B USD | 74 | 66 | |
| 341 | 1.5B USD | 74 | 63 | |
| 341 | 422M EUR (≈$464M) | 74 | 76 | |
| 341 | 15.3B USD | 74 | 54 | |
| 355 | 12.3B TWD (≈$382M) | 73 | 74 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score