The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

KALU

Concerning the House

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products. It offers flat-rolled plate, sheet, and coil; extruded rod, bar, hollows, and shapes; drawn rod, bar, pipe, tube, and wire; and cast aluminum products. The company also 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, as well as packaging products, including bare and coated 3000 and 5000-series alloy aluminum coils used in beverage and food packaging industry. In addition, the company provides 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, power transmission bus pipe and bar, after-market motor sport parts, tooling plates, machinery and equipment parts, bolts, screws, and rivets. Further, it offers 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, such as sawing and cutting to length. The company sells its products directly to aerospace and automotive manufacturers, tier one aerospace and automotive suppliers, beverage and food packaging manufacturers, and metal service centers through sales personnel located in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

United States · www.kaiseraluminum.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$3.37B+5.5%
Gross profit$70.70M+13.1%
Operating income$188.80M+23.7%
Net income$67.80M-0.3%
Cash from ops$111.40M-1.1%
Quotation

$182.75

-6.74 (-3.6%)

52w hi$194.80
52w lo$72.24
Vol174.49K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.14

Short+0.07
Medium+0.08
Long+0.39

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

Basic Materials · Aluminum

Market cap$2.99B
Enterprise value$4.08B
Trailing P/E13.57x
Forward P/E16.19x
EV / EBITDA8.88x
P / S (ttm)0.72x
Profit margin5.5%
Return on equity26.4%
Revenue growth+52.7%
Earnings growth+305.7%
Debt / equity113.25
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.42
Corr SPX0.51
Annual vol45.3%
Annual ret+59.8%
Sharpe1.32
Max DD-41.8%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.41
Sector+0.03
Technical+0.11
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$187.52$189.05$181.96$182.75174.49K
Aug 12$195.95$199.89$188.75$189.49243.00K
Aug 11$189.03$194.61$188.07$193.39229.00K
Aug 10$186.78$188.15$183.07$187.10221.80K
Aug 7$171.82$186.62$171.82$184.75373.20K