Top 5 Companies in the Aluminum Industry With the Highest Beta (CENX, AA, KALU, AWC, ACH)

Below are the top five companies in the Aluminum industry as measured by beta. Higher-beta stocks mean greater volatility and are therefore generally considered to be riskier but also may provide the potential for higher returns.


Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) ranks first with a beta of 2.8; Alcoa (NYSE:AA) ranks second with a beta of 1.7; and Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) ranks third with a beta of 1.6.


Alumina (NYSE:AWC) follows with a beta of 1.5 and Aluminum of China (NYSE:ACH) rounds out the top five with a beta of 1.4.


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