Century Aluminum Company (CENX)

NASDAQ: CENX · USD

$35.1

+1.77 (+5.3%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	3.5B
Revenue (ttm)	2.7B
Net income (ttm)	603M
EPS (ttm)	$6.02
Shares out	99M
P/E (trailing)	5.8x
P/E (forward)	2.7x
Volume	2,388,924
Beta	2.08

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.7B
Net income (ttm): 603M
EPS (ttm): $6.02
P/E (trailing): 5.8x
P/E (forward): 2.7x
Market cap: 3.5B

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ALB	Albemarle Corporation	11.4B	198.9x	1.9x	4.1%	+12.8%	+1.9%	Hold
APD	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	68.3B	—	5.4x	8.9%	+5.2%	+23.1%	Hold
AVY	Avery Dennison Corporation	13.7B	19.8x	1.5x	15.1%	+3.3%	+1.6%	Hold

Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E2.7

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Trailing P/E5.8

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ROE51.7

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ROIC24.2

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000949157
Company name	Century Aluminum Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	156431108
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	amc
Employees	2,906
Employees change	-65
Employees growth	-2.19%
Enterprise value	$3.6B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1995
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Aluminum
IPO date	1996-03-28
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1564311082
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-03
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$3.5B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$35.13
Price currency	USD
Sector	Materials
SIC code	3334
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CENX
U.S. state	Illinois
Website	https://centuryaluminum.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	5.95x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	20.33x
Earnings yield	17.15%
EV/Earnings	5.94x
EV/EBIT	9.08x
EV/EBITDA	7.48x
EV/FCF	23.7x
EV/Sales	1.34x
FCF / EV yield	4.22%
FCF yield	4.39%
Forward EV/Sales	0.86x
Forward P/E	2.71x
Forward P/S	0.83x
Graham number	43.83282
Graham upside	25.87%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	35.54x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	12.03x
P/B ratio	2.35x
P/E ratio	5.83x
P/FCF ratio	22.8x
P/OCF ratio	10.12x
P/S ratio	1.29x
Price / tangible book value	2.46x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.2x
Sector forward P/E	15.02x
Sector P/E	22.73x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	14.81%
EBITDA margin	17.96%
Effective tax rate	0.09%
FCF margin	5.67%
Gross margin	18.89%
Operating margin	14.81%
Pretax margin	21.54%
Profit margin	22.56%
Profit per employee	$207,502
Profitable quarters	4
Profitable years	2
Revenue per employee	$917,825
ROA	10.23%
ROA (5Y)	2.43%
ROCE	16.69%
ROE	51.75%
ROE (5Y)	-0.27%
ROIC	24.23%
ROIC (5Y)	6.6%
SBC / revenue	2.03%
Tax / revenue	0.02%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	403.5%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-26.22%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
Gross profit growth	122.92%
Gross profit growth (Q)	578.27%
Gross profit growth 3Y	580.32%
Net income growth	503.51%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-26.13%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	478.61%
OCF growth (Q)	2,021.52%
OCF growth (QoQ)	145.03%
Operating income growth	145.28%
Operating income growth (Q)	1,069.06%
Revenue growth	9.67%
Revenue growth (Q)	19.74%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	15.85%
Revenue growth 10Y	6.04%
Revenue growth 3Y	5.14%
Revenue growth 5Y	8.74%
Revenue growth quarters	7
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-189.6M
Depreciation and amortization	$84.1M
EBIT	$394.9M
EBITDA	$479M
EPS	$6.02
FCF per share	$1.53
Financing cash flow	$-18.6M
Free cash flow	$151.2M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$97M
Gross profit	$503.8M
Income taxes	$500,000
Investing cash flow	$24M
Net borrowing	$-6.4M
Net cash flow	$346.2M
Net income	$603M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$286.6M
Operating income	$394.9M
Revenue	$2.7B
Stock-based compensation	$54.2M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	3
Book value per share	$14.17
Debt / EBITDA	0.98
Debt / equity	0.31
Debt / FCF	3.17
Interest coverage	8.81
Long-term assets	$1.5B
Long-term liabilities	$831.2M
Net cash (debt)	$-136.6M
Net cash / market cap	-3.96%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.29
Net debt / equity	0.09
Net debt / FCF	0.9
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$1.3B
Shareholders' equity	$1.5B
Tangible book value	$1.4B
Tangible book value per share	$14.17
Total assets	$2.9B
Total cash	$343.4M
Total debt	$480M
Total liabilities	$1.3B
WACC	14.9%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.11
Current assets	$1.4B
Current liabilities	$509.4M
Current ratio	2.75
Inventory turnover	3.95
Net working capital	$548.8M
Quick ratio	1.44
Working capital	$892.2M
Working capital turnover	4.33

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-4.21%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$0.05
Shareholder yield	-4.21%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	358.38%
10Y return CAGR	16.45%
10Y total return	358.38%
150-day SMA	$49.76
15Y price change	199.06%
15Y return CAGR	7.58%
15Y total return	199.06%
1D price change	5.31%
1M price change	-8.78%
1M total return	-8.78%
1W price change	4.54%
1W total return	4.54%
1Y price change	14.07%
1Y return CAGR	14.08%
1Y total return	14.07%
20-day SMA	$34.66
200-day SMA	$50.04
20Y price change	-10.18%
20Y return CAGR	-0.54%
20Y total return	-10.18%
3M price change	-21.95%
3M total return	-21.95%
3Y price change	466.67%
3Y return CAGR	78.26%
3Y total return	466.67%
50-day SMA	$39.41
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$70.43
52-week high date	2026-06-02
52-week low	$25.40
52-week low date	2025-11-21
5Y price change	146.97%
5Y return CAGR	19.82%
5Y total return	146.97%
6M price change	-43.18%
6M total return	-43.18%
All-time high	$80.52
All-time high date	2008-05-19
All-time low	$1.04
All-time low date	2009-03-09
Average true range (ATR)	$1.77
Average volume	2.2M
Beta (1Y)	2.07
Beta (2Y)	2.05
Beta (5Y)	2.08
Change from 52-week high	-50.12%
Change from 52-week low	38.31%
Change from all-time high	-56.51%
Change from all-time low	3,267.31%
Change from open	5.88%
Day's gap	-0.54%
Dollar volume	$83.9M
High price	$35.34
Low price	$32.78
Monthly RSI	50.44
Open price	$33.18
Position in 52-week range	91.8%
Premarket change	2.42%
Premarket close	$33.36
Premarket price	$34.17
Premarket volume	444
Previous close	$33.36
Price vs 150-day SMA	-29.63%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.05%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-30.01%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-11.15%
Relative volume	1.09
RSI	47.01
Sharpe ratio	0.46
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	1.17
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.52
Sortino ratio	0.76
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.94
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.86
Volume	2.4M
Weekly RSI	40.02
YTD price change	-10.62%
YTD total return	-10.62%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	68.6M
Float percentage	69.31%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.19%
Shares change (YoY)	4.21%
Shares held by insiders	0.67%
Shares held by institutions	76.69%
Shares outstanding	99M
Short % of float	13.38%
Short % of shares	9.28%
Short ratio	5.5 days

Deeper analysis on CENX

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Century Aluminum Company (CENX)

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