A share price of Kaiser Aluminum Corp [KALU] is currently trading at $85.64, up 1.75%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The KALU shares have gain 7.10% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 11.44%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Kaiser Aluminum Corp [NASDAQ: KALU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 11, 2025, when Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Previously, UBS started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on January 16, 2024, and set its price target to $67. On May 08, 2023, JP Morgan initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $69 on the stock. Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Underperform but stick to its price target of $67 on April 12, 2023. Wolfe Research initiated its recommendation with a Peer Perform. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Underweight for this stock on December 10, 2021, and downed its price target to $98. In a note dated September 10, 2021, Goldman initiated an Sell rating and provided a target price of $122 on this stock.
Kaiser Aluminum Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $46.81 and $100.07. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81.33 within the next 12 months. Kaiser Aluminum Corp [NASDAQ: KALU] shares were valued at $85.64 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -5.03% based on the average KALU price forecast.
Analyzing the KALU fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Kaiser Aluminum Corp [NASDAQ:KALU] were 3.06B which represents 5.41% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.09% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.03%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.01%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.42.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 83.58 points at the first support level, and at 81.52 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 86.83, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 88.01.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Kaiser Aluminum Corp [NASDAQ:KALU] is 2.67. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.27 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.45, the price to book ratio is 1.83 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 32.03.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Harvey Keith, President & CEO, that happened on Jul 29 ’24 when 2588.0 shares were purchased.
