Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

KALU stock score: 64/100

$153.95 · +0.92% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
58
Fundamental
70
News
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The reading

Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) scores 64 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 84% of Basic Materials stocks and 86% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 58, fundamentals 70.

Among the fundamentals, Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 100 and Revenue Quality (Quarterly) at 100 score highest, while Fund Ownership at 14 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 43 and contrarian oscillators 58.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 60 to 78, and it is down 13 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward KALU’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

70

Pulling it up

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)100

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)99

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

Holding it back

  • Fund Ownership14

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Gross Margins22

    Gross margins show profitability after cost of goods sold.

  • Price to Book Ratio27

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

43

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)100

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • 52-Week Change100

    The price change over the last 52 weeks.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • SMA 100 Cross Up4

    SMA 100 Cross Up identifies when shorter averages cross above the 100-period SMA.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly461
Daily433
Weekly572
Monthly732
Quarterly712

Composite score, last 90 days

05010064Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 77Jul 26, 2026: 77Jul 27, 2026: 75Jul 28, 2026: 75Jul 29, 2026: 77Jul 30, 2026: 78Jul 31, 2026: 78Aug 2, 2026: 60Aug 3, 2026: 67Aug 5, 2026: 68Aug 6, 2026: 68Aug 7, 2026: 69Aug 8, 2026: 68Aug 9, 2026: 68Aug 10, 2026: 68Aug 11, 2026: 69Aug 12, 2026: 68Aug 13, 2026: 67Aug 14, 2026: 66Aug 15, 2026: 67Aug 16, 2026: 67Aug 17, 2026: 67Aug 18, 2026: 64Aug 19, 2026: 63Aug 20, 2026: 62Aug 22, 2026: 63Aug 23, 2026: 63Aug 24, 2026: 64Aug 25, 2026: 64Aug 26, 2026: 65Aug 27, 2026: 65Aug 28, 2026: 65Aug 29, 2026: 65Aug 30, 2026: 64Aug 31, 2026: 65Sep 1, 2026: 67Sep 2, 2026: 67Sep 3, 2026: 67Sep 4, 2026: 66Sep 5, 2026: 65Sep 6, 2026: 65Sep 7, 2026: 64Sep 8, 2026: 69Sep 9, 2026: 67Sep 10, 2026: 63Sep 11, 2026: 63Sep 12, 2026: 63Sep 13, 2026: 64Sep 14, 2026: 62Sep 15, 2026: 61Sep 16, 2026: 63Sep 17, 2026: 64Sep 18, 2026: 63Sep 19, 2026: 62Sep 20, 2026: 62Sep 21, 2026: 63Sep 22, 2026: 64Sep 23, 2026: 66Sep 24, 2026: 65Sep 25, 2026: 64Sep 26, 2026: 64Sep 27, 2026: 64Sep 28, 2026: 64Sep 29, 2026: 64Sep 30, 2026: 62Oct 1, 2026: 63Oct 2, 2026: 65Oct 3, 2026: 65Oct 4, 2026: 66Oct 5, 2026: 66Oct 6, 2026: 66Oct 7, 2026: 64Oct 8, 2026: 63Oct 9, 2026: 65Oct 10, 2026: 65Oct 11, 2026: 65Oct 12, 2026: 64Oct 13, 2026: 65Oct 14, 2026: 63Oct 15, 2026: 63Oct 16, 2026: 63Oct 17, 2026: 63Oct 18, 2026: 63Oct 19, 2026: 64Oct 20, 2026: 64Oct 21, 2026: 64
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Key facts

Market cap
$2.5B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Aluminum
Beta
1.58
Risk grade (1–10)
2
Next earnings
Oct 21, 2026

Aluminum peers

CompanyMarket capScore
AA Alcoa$10.7B57
CSTM Constellium SE$3.5B64
CENX Century Aluminum Company$3.4B56

Questions

What is KALU's stock score today?

KALU scores 64/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 58, fundamental 70. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is KALU a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 64 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the KALU score calculated?

102 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.