Kaiser Aluminum KALU Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 13.1%+1.3pp | 11.8%+0.2pp | 11.6%+4.4pp | 7.2%-3.2pp | |
| Operating margin | 5.6%+1.9pp | 3.7%-0.3pp | 4%— | —— | |
| Net margin | 3.3%+1.2pp | 2.2%0.0pp | 2.2%+3.1pp | -0.9%-0.1pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 9.2%+1.7pp | 7.6%+0.1pp | 7.5%+4.3pp | 3.2%-2.7pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | -0.8%-0.3pp | -0.5%-2.7pp | 2.2%+8.2pp | -6%-6.8pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 14.3%+5.3pp | 9.1%-1.1pp | 10.1%+14.6pp | -4.5%-1.6pp | |
| Return on assets | 4.5%+1.7pp | 2.8%-0.2pp | 3%+4.2pp | -1.3%-0.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 7.6%+2.8pp | 4.7%-1.2pp | 5.9%+5.7pp | 0.2%-5.4pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×-0.1× | 1.5×+0.2× | |
| Inventory turnover | 4.4×-0.2× | 4.6×-0.4× | 5.1×-1.8× | 6.8×-1.6× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 3×+0.3× | 2.7×0.0× | 2.7×+0.2× | 2.5×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.3×+0.1× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×-0.5× | |
| Cash ratio | 0×0.0× | 0×-0.2× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.1×-0.5× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.5×-0.2× | 1.7×+0.1× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.5×-1.2× | 4.7×+0.3× | 4.4×-5.0× | 9.4×+4.3× | |
| Interest coverage | 3.8×+1.2× | 2.6×0.0× | 2.6×+2.5× | 0.1×-1.2× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $49.70+9.1% | $45.54+3.7% | $43.92+10.7% | $39.68-9.3% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $1.86B+64.7% | $1.13B-0.8% | $1.14B-5.8% | $1.21B-18.8% | |
| Enterprise value | $2.96B+34.3% | $2.2B+2.4% | $2.15B-4.2% | $2.24B-1.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 16.5×-0.7× | 17.2×+0.4× | 16.8×— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 0.6×+0.2× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 2.3×+0.7× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×-0.3× | 1.9×-0.2× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5×-0.1× | 9.6×+0.3× | 9.3×-11.1× | 20.4×+5.8× | |
| EV / sales | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×-0.2× | |
| Free cash flow yield | -1.4%-0.2pp | -1.2%-7.2pp | 6%+23.0pp | -17%-18.4pp | |
| Earnings yield | 6%+0.2pp | 5.8%-0.1pp | 5.9%+8.4pp | -2.4%-1.1pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.8%-1.7pp | 4.5%+0.1pp | 4.4%+0.3pp | 4.1%+1.0pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.2×— | —— | —— | —— |
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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.
