Kaiser Aluminum KALU Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | TTM Q2 '25 | TTM Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 13.6%+1.3pp | 13.1%+1.3pp | 12.9%+0.5pp | 11.9%-0.7pp | 12.2%0.0pp | |
| Operating margin | 6.6%+2.4pp | 5.6%+1.9pp | 5.2%+1.1pp | 4.2%— | 4.2%— | |
| Net margin | 4.1%+1.9pp | 3.3%+1.2pp | 3.2%+0.8pp | 2.4%0.0pp | 2.3%-0.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 18.8%+9.4pp | 14.3%+5.3pp | 13.6%+2.7pp | 9.8%-0.6pp | 9.4%-1.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 9.9%+4.4pp | 7.6%+2.8pp | 7.1%+1.5pp | 5.4%-0.5pp | 5.5%-0.6pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.5×-0.2× | 3×+0.3× | 2.5×-0.1× | 2.7×+0.2× | 2.7×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×-0.1× | 1.4×-0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.8×-1.4× | 3.5×-1.2× | 3.7×-0.7× | 4.4×+0.2× | 4.3×+0.2× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $52.08+12.9% | $49.70+9.1% | $48.53+8.7% | $47.09+6.1% | $46.15+4.8% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.95B+100% | $1.86B+64.7% | $1.25B+7.1% | $1.24B-11.8% | $976.01M-31.9% | |
| Price / earnings | 12.7×-1.4× | 16.5×-0.7× | 12×-3.7× | 16.9×-3.0× | 14.1×-6.3× | |
| Price / sales | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.6×+0.2× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 2.2×+0.9× | 2.3×+0.7× | 1.5×0.0× | 1.6×-0.3× | 1.3×-0.7× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.1×-0.1× | 9.5×-0.1× | 8×-1.2× | 9.4×-0.6× | 8.2×-1.9× | |
| Dividend yield | 2.7%-2.6pp | 2.8%-1.7pp | 4.1%-0.2pp | 4.1%+0.5pp | 5.2%+1.7pp |
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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.
