Materials / AluminumUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Century Aluminum Company has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Market cap

5.8B

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

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Forward P/E4.4

P25 10.4P50 15.8P75 24

Trailing P/E16.3

P25 15.7P50 22.1P75 35.3

ROE32.3

P25 -20.7P50 0.8P75 14.1

ROIC13.6

P25 -9.3P50 3.2P75 11.3

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Indicator catalog

All CENX market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

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Showing 255 of 255 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Cik	0000949157
Company name	Century Aluminum Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	156431108
Employees	2,906
Employees Change	-65%
Employees Change Percent	-2.19
Enterprise value	$6.1B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Aluminum
IPO Date	1996-03-28
Isin	US1564311082
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$5.8B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$58.91
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	875,154.85x
Sector	Materials
Sic	3334
Symbol	CENX
Website	https://centuryaluminum.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	5.99%
EV Earnings	17.56x
EV Sales Forward	1.82x
EV/EBIT	30.45x
EV/EBITDA	21.01x
EV/FCF	224.63x
EV/Sales	2.41x
FCF yield	0.47%
Forward P/E	4.43x
P/B ratio	5.07x
P/E ratio	16.3x
P/S ratio	2.29x
PE Ratio3 Y	21.76x
PS Forward	1.73x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	7.92%
EBITDA Margin	11.48%
FCF margin	1.07%
Gross margin	12.17%
Gross Profit	$309.5M
Gross Profit Growth	45.44%
Gross Profit Growth Q	107.33%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	478.34%
Net Income	$349.3M
Net Income Growth	241.65%
Net Income Growth Q	1,036.36%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	12.02%
Profit Margin	13.68%
Profit Per Employee	$120,200
Profitable Years	2
ROA	5.46
Roa5y	2.43
ROCE	9.54
ROE	32.26
Roe5y	-0.27
ROIC	13.63
Roic5y	6.6

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	22.65%
Cagr15y	8.76%
Cagr1y	272.71%
Cagr20y	0.67%
Cagr3y	92.23%
Cagr5y	30.1%
Div CAGR3	0%
Div CAGR5	0%
EPS Growth	196.5
EPS Growth Q	1,009.8
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	0
OCF Growth	189.76%
OCF Growth Q	-5.39%
Revenue Growth	7.55x
Revenue Growth Q	2.41x
Revenue Growth Quarters	6x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-0.43x
Revenue Growth5 Y	9.33x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.1
Assets	$2.7B
Cash	$244.1M
Current Assets	$1.3B
Current Liabilities	$544.7M
Debt	$545.9M
Debt EBITDA	$1.81
Debt Equity	$0.42
Debt FCF	$20
Equity	$1.3B
Interest Coverage	4.34
Liabilities	$1.4B
Long Term Assets	$1.4B
Long Term Liabilities	$825.7M
Net Cash	$-301.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-5.18
Net Debt EBITDA	$1.03
Net Debt Equity	$0.23
Net Debt FCF	$11.05
Tangible Book Value	$1.2B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$11.63
WACC	14.1

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.3
Inventory Turnover	4.24
Net Working Capital	$531.8M
Quick ratio	1.14
Working Capital	$709.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$4.69

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.34%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$0.05

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	670.07%
1Y total return	272.38%
200-day SMA	39.39
3Y total return	610.62%
50-day SMA	58.13
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	272.61%
All Time High	80.52
All Time High Change	-26.84%
All Time High Date	2008-05-19
All Time Low	1.04
All Time Low Change	5,564.42%
All Time Low Date	2009-03-09
ATR	3.35
Beta	1.92
Beta1y	1.82
Beta2y	2.2
Ch YTD	50.36
High	62.9
High52	68.69
High52 Date	2026-04-09
High52ch	-14.24%
Low	57.12
Low52	14.77
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	298.85%
Ma50ch	1.34%
Premarket Change Percent	1.11
Premarket Price	$61.25
Premarket Volume	3,048
Price vs 200-day SMA	49.57%
RSI	46.61
RSI Monthly	86.5
RSI Weekly	63.1
Sharpe ratio	2.32x
Sortino ratio	4.16
Total Return	0.34%
Tr YTD	50.36
Tr15y	252.33%
Tr1m	-10.78%
Tr1w	-0.12%
Tr3m	12.42%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	3
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$82.5
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.65
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	358.3
Earnings Revenue Estimate	636,893,336x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	0.47x
Operating Income	$201.4M
Operating Income Growth	34.9
Operating Income Growth Q	101.2
Operating margin	7.92
Price target	$66.33
Price Target Change	$12.6
Price Target Change Top	$40.04

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	86,040,093%
Float Percent	86.93%
Net Borrowing	65,600,000
Shares Insiders	0.74%
Shares Institutions	65.25%
Shares Out	98,974,047
Shares Qo Q	6.73%
Shares Yo Y	-0.34%
Short Float	9.43%
Short Ratio	3.43
Short Shares	8.2

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-27.2M
Average Volume	1,365,297.6x
Bv Per Share	11.63
CAPEX	$-153.8M
Ch10y	670.1
Ch15y	252.3
Ch1m	-10.78
Ch1w	-0.12
Ch1y	272.4
Ch20y	14.39
Ch3m	12.42
Ch3y	610.6
Ch5y	272.6
Ch6m	78.25
Change	-2.76%
Change From Open	-4.97
Close	60.58
Days Gap	2.33
Depreciation Amortization	90,500,000
Dollar Volume	148,147,692.7
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$201.4M
EBITDA	$291.9M
EPS	$3.61
F Score	5
FCF	$27.3M
FCF EV Yield	0.45x
FCF Per Share	$0.28
Financing CF	53,600,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,995
Graham Number	30.75133
Graham Upside	-47.8
Income Tax	$-12.9M
Investing CF	51,200,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-03
Ma150	44.58
Ma150ch	32.15%
Ma20	61.63
Ma20ch	-4.41%
Net CF	285,900,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	61.99
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	213.6
P OCF Ratio	32.2
Position In Range	30.97
Post Close	58.91
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.24
Postmarket Price	$58.77
Ppne	1,205,100,000
Pre Close	60.58
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$19.97
Ptbv Ratio	5.07
Relative Volume	1.84x
Revenue	2,543,200,000x
SBC By Revenue	2.14x
Share Based Comp	54,500,000
Tax By Revenue	-0.51x
Tr20y	14.39%
Tr6m	78.25%
Us State	Illinois
Volume	2,514,814
Z Score	2.1

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Income

Does CENX pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

CENX stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CENX?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+65.3%

Float: +86.9% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.7%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CENX momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

46.6

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+49.6%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.92

More volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

2.32

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CENX vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
LIN	Linde plc	228B	32.7x	6.6x	12.2%	+4.5%	+11.2%	Sprzedaj
NEM	Newmont Corporation	124.4B	15.1x	5.0x	26.2%	+16.2%	+118.6%	Zdecydowanie kupuj

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