Kaiser Aluminum KALU Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 13.6%+0.4pp | 13.1%+0.2pp | 12.9%+1.0pp | 11.9%-0.3pp | 12.2%+0.4pp | |
| Operating margin | 6.6%+1.0pp | 5.6%+0.4pp | 5.2%+1.0pp | 4.2%0.0pp | 4.2%+0.5pp | |
| Net margin | 4.1%+0.8pp | 3.3%+0.1pp | 3.2%+0.9pp | 2.4%+0.1pp | 2.3%+0.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 18.8%+4.4pp | 14.3%+0.8pp | 13.6%+3.8pp | 9.8%+0.4pp | 9.4%+0.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 9.9%+2.3pp | 7.6%+0.5pp | 7.1%+1.7pp | 5.4%-0.1pp | 5.5%+0.7pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.5×-0.5× | 3×+0.5× | 2.5×-0.2× | 2.7×0.0× | 2.7×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.8×-0.7× | 3.5×-0.2× | 3.7×-0.7× | 4.4×+0.1× | 4.3×-0.4× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $52.08+4.8% | $49.70+2.4% | $48.53+3.0% | $47.09+2.0% | $46.15+1.3% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.95B+4.9% | $1.86B+49.1% | $1.25B+0.4% | $1.24B+27.3% | $976.01M-13.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 12.7×-3.8× | 16.5×+4.6× | 12×-4.9× | 16.9×+2.8× | 14.1×-3.1× | |
| Price / sales | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×+0.2× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.3×-0.1× | |
| Price / book | 2.2×0.0× | 2.3×+0.7× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×+0.3× | 1.3×-0.2× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.1×-1.4× | 9.5×+1.5× | 8×-1.4× | 9.4×+1.2× | 8.2×-1.4× | |
| Dividend yield | 2.7%-0.1pp | 2.8%-1.3pp | 4.1%0.0pp | 4.1%-1.1pp | 5.2%+0.7pp |
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- What are Kaiser Aluminum's profit margins?
- Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) runs a 13.6% gross margin and a 6.6% operating margin, with a 4.1% net margin.
- Where do Kaiser Aluminum's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Kaiser Aluminum's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
