Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU)Basic Materials | Aluminum | Franklin, United States | NasdaqGS
148.35 USD
+4.29
(2.978%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 148.34 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:35 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:03 p.m. EDT
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU) has shown recent momentum with a strong earnings report and positive analyst sentiment. The stock has been trending upward, crossing above its 200-day moving average, which is a bullish signal. The dividend yield is attractive at 2.17%, and the payout ratio is reasonable, indicating a stable dividend policy. However, the overall risk is moderate, and the stock is currently trading above its 52-week low. While the fundamentals are solid, the short-term forecast model suggests minimal directional movement, making it a 'meh' rating for short-term investment. For long-term investors, the consistent dividend payments and strong earnings growth make it a decent holding, but the high debt-to-equity ratio and moderate risk suggest a cautious approach. Overall, KALU is a balanced investment with potential for growth and income. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.077191 |
| AutoTheta | 0.106612 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.140081 |
| MSTL | 0.144176 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.97 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.298 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.92 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-04-23 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-01-22 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 133.253 |
| Revenue per Share | 208.609 |
| Market Cap | 2,404,819,200 |
| Trailing P/E | 21.91 |
| Forward P/E | 15.88 |
| Beta | 1.39 |
| Profit Margins | 3.34% |
| Website | https://www.kaiseraluminum.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:03 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. Calls are predominantly positioned around the current price, with significant open interest and volume on the in-the-money strikes, suggesting bullish sentiment. However, puts show a concentration of open interest on the out-of-the-money strikes, which may indicate some caution or hedging. The overall options activity suggests a cautious bullish stance, with potential for short-term gains but also some risk management in place.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.60% | 3.65% | 4.32% | 4.12% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | 0.77 | 0.604348 |
| 2025-10-24 | 0.77 | 0.808587 |
| 2025-07-25 | 0.77 | 0.941989 |
| 2025-04-25 | 0.77 | 1.298859 |
| 2025-01-24 | 0.77 | 1.101227 |
| 2024-10-25 | 0.77 | 1.179698 |
| 2024-07-25 | 0.77 | 1.044754 |
| 2024-04-24 | 0.77 | 0.941669 |
| 2024-01-24 | 0.77 | 1.258130 |
| 2023-10-24 | 0.77 | 1.305113 |
| 2023-07-24 | 0.77 | 1.074902 |
| 2023-04-24 | 0.77 | 1.406776 |
| 2023-01-24 | 0.77 | 1.019597 |
| 2022-10-24 | 0.77 | 1.138880 |
| 2022-07-22 | 0.77 | 1.238574 |
| 2022-04-22 | 0.77 | 0.917670 |
| 2022-01-21 | 0.77 | 0.921622 |
| 2021-10-22 | 0.72 | 0.852237 |
| 2021-07-22 | 0.72 | 0.772355 |
| 2021-04-22 | 0.72 | 0.778207 |
| 2021-01-22 | 0.72 | 0.869641 |
| 2020-10-22 | 0.67 | 1.259729 |
| 2020-07-23 | 0.67 | 1.208626 |
| 2020-04-23 | 0.67 | 1.144780 |
| 2020-01-23 | 0.67 | 0.820896 |
| 2019-10-24 | 0.60 | 0.747823 |
| 2019-07-24 | 0.60 | 0.788252 |
| 2019-04-24 | 0.60 | 0.769560 |
| 2019-01-24 | 0.60 | 0.806831 |
| 2018-10-24 | 0.55 | 0.747304 |
| 2018-07-25 | 0.55 | 0.638545 |
| 2018-04-25 | 0.55 | 0.709352 |
| 2018-01-25 | 0.55 | 0.633036 |
| 2017-10-24 | 0.50 | 0.668119 |
| 2017-07-25 | 0.50 | 0.677353 |
| 2017-04-25 | 0.50 | 0.791520 |
| 2017-01-25 | 0.50 | 0.841322 |
| 2016-11-22 | 0.45 | 0.737393 |
| 2016-10-21 | 0.45 | 0.847235 |
| 2016-07-21 | 0.45 | 0.731149 |
| 2016-04-21 | 0.45 | 0.698848 |
| 2016-01-21 | 0.45 | 0.833041 |
| 2015-10-21 | 0.40 | 0.678563 |
| 2015-07-22 | 0.40 | 0.649370 |
| 2015-04-23 | 0.40 | 0.707527 |
| 2015-01-21 | 0.40 | 0.802126 |
| 2014-10-22 | 0.35 | 0.702354 |
| 2014-07-23 | 0.35 | 0.683744 |
| 2014-04-23 | 0.35 | 0.687292 |
| 2014-01-22 | 0.35 | 0.714940 |
| 2013-10-23 | 0.30 | 0.652503 |
| 2013-07-23 | 0.30 | 0.659867 |
| 2013-04-23 | 0.30 | 0.736309 |
| 2013-01-23 | 0.30 | 0.708930 |
| 2012-10-23 | 0.25 | 0.636141 |
| 2012-07-24 | 0.25 | 0.744991 |
| 2012-04-24 | 0.25 | 0.772260 |
| 2012-01-20 | 0.25 | 0.757689 |
| 2011-10-21 | 0.24 | 0.796609 |
| 2011-07-21 | 0.24 | 0.640918 |
| 2011-04-20 | 0.24 | 0.760212 |
| 2011-01-20 | 0.24 | 0.785760 |
| 2010-10-20 | 0.24 | 0.794743 |
| 2010-07-22 | 0.24 | 0.926327 |
| 2010-04-22 | 0.24 | 0.919803 |
| 2010-01-21 | 0.24 | 0.967811 |
| 2009-10-21 | 0.24 | 0.907183 |
| 2009-07-23 | 0.24 | 1.037164 |
| 2009-04-23 | 0.24 | 1.316861 |
| 2009-01-22 | 0.24 | 1.657283 |
| 2008-10-22 | 0.24 | 1.502398 |
| 2008-07-23 | 0.24 | 0.750605 |
| 2008-04-23 | 0.18 | 0.429462 |
| 2008-01-23 | 0.18 | 0.483451 |
| 2007-10-24 | 0.18 | 0.393431 |
| 2007-07-25 | 0.18 | 0.403121 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.7651443 |
| Address1 | 1,550 West McEwen Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 500 |
| All Time High | 150.0 |
| All Time Low | 15.01 |
| Ask | 148.89 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.3 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 200,990 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 228,288 |
| Average Volume | 228,288 |
| Average Volume10Days | 200,990 |
| Beta | 1.386 |
| Bid | 147.75 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 51.438 |
| City | Franklin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 148.35 |
| Current Ratio | 2.953 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 148.65 |
| Day Low | 140.14 |
| Debt To Equity | 133.253 |
| Display Name | Kaiser Aluminum |
| Dividend Date | 1,770,940,800 |
| Dividend Rate | 3.08 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.07 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,776,952,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,776,952,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.397 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.424 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,776,888,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,776,888,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,776,888,000 |
| Ebitda | 308,100,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.09134 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.283 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.031 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,476,319,488 |
| Eps Current Year | 8.14922 |
| Eps Forward | 9.34433 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 6.77 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,776,988,800 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 129.3448 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 19.005203 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.14693442 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 176.51443 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 150.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.6499939 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.010999959 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 52.53 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 95.82001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.8241007 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 52.53 - 150.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,152,279,000,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 3.69 |
| Float Shares | 15,768,954 |
| Forward Eps | 9.34433 |
| Forward P E | 15.875938 |
| Free Cashflow | -76,712,496 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,840 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.13116 |
| Gross Profits | 442,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0141900005 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.00711 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 16,210,443 |
| Industry | Aluminum |
| Industry Disp | Aluminum |
| Industry Key | aluminum |
| Ir Website | http://investors.kaiseraluminum.com/stockquote.cfm |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,769,126,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.77 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,404,819,200 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_319334 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 112,500,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,406,602,367 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 144.25 |
| Operating Cashflow | 111,400,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.063829996 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.45490003 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.17 |
| Phone | 629 252 7040 |
| Post Market Change | -0.010009766 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.006747398 |
| Post Market Price | 148.34 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,468,918 |
| Previous Close | 144.06 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 18.204195 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.8840547 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.71296155 |
| Profit Margins | 0.033350002 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.156 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.33333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 4.29001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.97793 |
| Regular Market Day High | 148.65 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 140.14 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 140.14 - 148.65 |
| Regular Market Open | 144.25 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 144.06 |
| Regular Market Price | 148.35 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 256,146 |
| Return On Assets | 0.04664 |
| Return On Equity | 0.14339 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.214 |
| Revenue Per Share | 208.609 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 16,210,443 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.029000001 |
| Shares Short | 470,136 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 540,214 |
| Short Name | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.043899998 |
| Short Ratio | 2.04 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TN |
| Symbol | KALU |
| Target High Price | 170.0 |
| Target Low Price | 124.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 143.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 137.0 |
| Total Cash | 7,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.436 |
| Total Debt | 1,100,800,000 |
| Total Revenue | 3,372,999,936 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 3.08 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.021379981 |
| Trailing Eps | 6.77 |
| Trailing P E | 21.912851 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 102.41095 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 45.939056 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.44857565 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 256,146 |
| Website | https://www.kaiseraluminum.com |
| Zip | 37,067 |