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CENX Century Aluminum Company

NASDAQ Global Select · Aluminum · Basic Materials

$46.72
+0.33 (+0.71%)

Century Aluminum Company, along with its associated entities, manufactures both standard and specialized primary aluminum products across the United States and Iceland. The firm also possesses and manages a facility dedicated to carbon anode production, situated in the Netherlands. Founded in 1981, the company's corporate headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois.

Market Cap: $4.62Bcenturyaluminum.com

Price (90d)

$51.23
$41.50$50.59$59.68$68.77
May 1Aug 7

Signal Score (90d)

80
8093107120
Aug 9Aug 13

Quote

Day Range
$46.40 – $47.87
52-Week Range
$20.91 – $70.43
Volume
$1.10M
Market Cap
$4.62B
50-Day Avg
$48.67
200-Day Avg
$48.31
Prev Close
$46.39
Open
$46.40

Valuation & Ratios

P/E Ratio
93.29
EPS
$0.44
P/B Ratio
4.47
P/S Ratio
1.46
Debt/Equity
0.66
Current Ratio
1.97
Dividend Yield
+0.0%
Gross Margin
+10.1%

Returns & Efficiency

Return on Equity
+5.1%
Return on Assets
+1.8%
FCF Yield
+2.3%
EV/EBITDA
28.86

Revenue & Net Income (Annual)

Fiscal YearRevenueNet IncomeEPS
2025$2.53B$41.80M$0.42
2024$2.22B$336.80M$3.46
2023$2.19B$-43.10M$-0.47
2022$2.78B$-14.10M$-0.15
2021$2.21B$-167.10M$-1.85

Social Signal Score

51
5d
51
2 mentions
+0.0%
30d
51
3 mentions
+20.3%
60d
51
3 mentions
-4.3%
90d
51
3 mentions
-9.8%
marketaux: 1 · rss: 1 · news: 1

Earnings

Thu, Nov 5(in 3 months)

Consensus estimate $2.97 per share

2of 7 quarters beat consensus

Typical surprise -47.2% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)

  • Thu, Aug 6$2.46 vs $2.33beat
  • Thu, May 7$1.06 vs $1.16miss
  • Thu, Feb 19$0.02 vs $1.25miss
  • Thu, Nov 6$0.15 vs $0.79miss
  • Thu, Aug 7$-0.05 vs $0.34miss
  • Wed, May 7$0.28 vs $0.53miss

Estimates and results for CENX via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.

Valuation

Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.

EPS was negative in at least one boundary year, so a compound growth rate can't be computed from it. Set your own assumption.

EPS in 5 years
$0.65
Implied price
$11.74
Return from $46.72
-24.1% a year

To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $5.83 -87.5% below today's price.

How sensitive is that answer?

Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.

growth \ P/E1215182124
-2.0%-36.5%-33.6%-31.2%-29.0%-27.1%
3.0%-33.3%-30.2%-27.7%-25.4%-23.4%
8.0%-30.1%-26.9%-24.1%-21.8%-19.6%
13.0%-26.8%-23.5%-20.6%-18.1%-15.9%
18.0%-23.6%-20.1%-17.1%-14.5%-12.2%

This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.

Mentions (3)

  • Newszacks.com·2d ago·Negative

    Century Aluminum Q2 Earnings Lag Estimates, Sales Rise Y/Y CENX posted a sharp Q2 profit increase as higher aluminum prices and shipments drove EBITDA to $326.9M, despite a sales miss.

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  • News (RSS)seekingalpha·3d ago·Positive

    Century Aluminum initiated Buy at UBS as best leverage to sustainably higher U.S. regional premium

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  • News (Marketaux)jamaica-gleaner.com·6d ago·Neutral

    Jamalco unplugs from grid, power turbine set to save up to US$28m a year Century Aluminum C[+312 characters]

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