KALU - Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products in the United States and internationally. The company offers rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products used for aerospace and defense, aluminum beverage and food packaging, automotive and general engineering products. The company's automotive extrusions include extruded aluminum products for structural components, crash management systems, anti-lock braking systems, and drawn tubes for drive shafts, as well as offers fabrication services, including sawing and cutting to length.
As of May 14, 2026: spot at $178.05, ATM IV 42.7%, net GEX $270.0K.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Aluminum
- Market Cap
- $2.93B
- P/E Ratio
- 19.00
- Beta
- 1.59
- 52-Week Range
- 68.22-183
- Dividend Yield
- $3.08
- CEO
- Keith A. Harvey
- Employees
- 3,900
- IPO Date
- Jul 7, 2006
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What KALU Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 35.2% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($270.0K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.068) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The KALU overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked KALU overview questions
- What is KALU?
- KALU is the ticker symbol for Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, a listed security. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products in the United States and internationally. The company offers rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products used for aerospace and defense, aluminum beverage and food packaging, automotive and general engineering products. Listed on NASDAQ. KALU is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the KALU options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 14, 2026, the KALU options snapshot shows spot at $178.05, ATM IV 42.7%, IV rank 35.2%, net GEX $270.0K, expected move 12.24%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are KALU's key statistics?
- Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU) carries a market capitalization of $2.93B, trailing P/E ratio of 19.00, beta of 1.59 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 68.22-183. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does KALU belong to?
- Kaiser Aluminum Corporation operates in the Basic Materials sector, in the Aluminum industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare KALU's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the KALU data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 14, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).