Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$179.92
+2.89% today
1Y Change
+128.55%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $2.84B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $179.92 and up 128.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +11.5%, EPS growth of +139.2%, a dividend yield of 1.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +11.5%, EPS +139.2%, free cash flow -86.1% with operating margin 6.6% and ROIC 8.4%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 18.4 and price/sales 0.8. Stock Foundry combines KALU price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KALU
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KALU Max Drawdown
-26.03%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for KALU and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
1.77%
Trailing 12M Payout
$2.31
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Apr 25, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Jan 24, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Oct 25, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Jul 25, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Apr 25, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jan 24, 2024 | Jan 25, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Jul 25, 2023 | Aug 15, 2023 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Apr 24, 2023 | Apr 25, 2023 | May 15, 2023 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Jan 25, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 | Nov 15, 2022 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Jul 25, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 | May 13, 2022 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Jan 24, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Oct 25, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 | $0.72 | $0.72 | Quarterly |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Jul 23, 2021 | Aug 13, 2021 | $0.72 | $0.72 | Quarterly |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | $0.72 | $0.72 | Quarterly |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 25, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 | $0.72 | $0.72 | Quarterly |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 | $0.67 | $0.67 | Quarterly |
| Jul 23, 2020 | Jul 24, 2020 | Aug 14, 2020 | $0.67 | $0.67 | Quarterly |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Apr 24, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | $0.67 | $0.67 | Quarterly |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Jan 24, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 | $0.67 | $0.67 | Quarterly |
| Oct 24, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Jul 24, 2019 | Jul 25, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Apr 24, 2019 | Apr 25, 2019 | May 15, 2019 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Jan 25, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Oct 24, 2018 | Oct 25, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Jul 25, 2018 | Jul 26, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Apr 25, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 | May 15, 2018 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Jan 25, 2018 | Jan 26, 2018 | Feb 15, 2018 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Oct 24, 2017 | Oct 25, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Jul 27, 2017 | Aug 15, 2017 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Apr 25, 2017 | Apr 27, 2017 | May 15, 2017 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Jan 25, 2017 | Jan 27, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Nov 22, 2016 | — | — | $0.45 | $0.45 | Monthly |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Oct 25, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Jul 21, 2016 | Jul 25, 2016 | Aug 15, 2016 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
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