century aluminum co. - CENX

CENX

Close Chg Chg %
30.94 -0.08 -0.26%

Pre-Market

30.86

-0.08 (0.26%)

Volume: 1.35M

Last Updated:

Dec 4, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: century aluminum co. - CENX

CENX Key Data

Open

$30.28

Day Range

30.14 - 31.40

52 Week Range

13.05 - 34.52

Market Cap

$2.89B

Shares Outstanding

93.34M

Public Float

55.91M

Beta

2.29

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

37.17

EPS

$0.89

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

$0.05

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 18, 2002

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.63M

 

CENX Performance

1 Week
 
3.24%
 
1 Month
 
-6.38%
 
3 Months
 
40.06%
 
1 Year
 
36.18%
 
5 Years
 
156.98%
 

CENX Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 3
Full Ratings ➔

About century aluminum co. - CENX

Century Aluminum Co. is a producer of aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities, or smelters, in the United States and Iceland. Its products include standard ingots, T-ingot, extrusion billet, horizontal direct chill ingot, molten, slab, and sow. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CENX At a Glance

Century Aluminum Co.
One South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone 1-312-696-3101 Revenue 2.22B
Industry Aluminum Net Income 318.90M
Sector Non-Energy Minerals 2024 Sales Growth 1.597%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 2,971
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CENX Valuation

P/E Current 37.165
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 5.575
Price to Sales Ratio 0.807
Price to Book Ratio 2.448
Price to Cash Flow Ratio N/A
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 11.187
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.025
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.242

CENX Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 747,324.133
Income Per Employee 107,337.597
Receivables Turnover 11.351
Total Asset Turnover 1.173

CENX Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.731
Quick Ratio 0.569
Cash Ratio 0.077

CENX Profitability

Gross Margin 8.341
Operating Margin 5.477
Pretax Margin 14.584
Net Margin 14.363
Return on Assets 16.847
Return on Equity 60.743
Return on Total Capital 25.629
Return on Invested Capital 32.232

CENX Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 79.191
Total Debt to Total Capital 44.194
Total Debt to Total Assets 28.354
Long-Term Debt to Equity 68.548
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 38.254
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Annual Financials for Century Aluminum Co. - CENX

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.21B 2.78B 2.19B 2.22B
Sales Growth
+37.84% +25.53% -21.31% +1.60%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.09B 2.73B 2.09B 2.04B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
82.60M 73.40M 74.70M 81.80M
Depreciation
82.60M 73.40M 74.70M 81.80M
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+27.22% +30.75% -23.33% -2.78%
Gross Income
124.30M 46.90M 92.00M 185.20M
Gross Income Growth
+442.42% -62.27% +96.16% +101.30%
Gross Profit Margin
+5.62% +1.69% +4.21% +8.34%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
57.60M 37.50M 44.30M 56.80M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
57.60M 37.50M 44.30M 56.80M
SGA Growth
+32.41% -34.90% +18.13% +28.22%
Other Operating Expense
- 600.00K 15.80M 6.80M
Unusual Expense
237.10M (37.70M) 61.80M (2.00M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
(171.00M) 47.10M (29.90M) 123.60M
Non Operating Income/Expense
3.80M 15.60M (1.40M) 243.30M
Non-Operating Interest Income
800.00K 500.00K 2.00M 2.10M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
30.40M 29.30M 35.50M 43.10M
Interest Expense Growth
-3.80% -3.62% +21.16% +21.41%
Gross Interest Expense
30.40M 29.30M 35.50M 43.10M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
(197.60M) 33.40M (66.80M) 323.80M
Pretax Income Growth
-56.45% +116.90% -300.00% +584.73%
Pretax Margin
-8.93% +1.20% -3.06% +14.58%
Income Tax
(30.60M) 47.40M (14.60M) 3.20M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- - 200.00K 500.00K
-
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
100.00K 4.00M 15.80M 4.90M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- (200.00K) (300.00K) (400.00K)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(30.50M) 43.50M (30.50M) (1.70M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - (17.90M)
-
Consolidated Net Income
(167.10M) (14.10M) (52.30M) 302.80M
Minority Interest Expense
- - (9.20M) (16.10M)
-
Net Income
(167.10M) (14.10M) (43.10M) 318.90M
Net Income Growth
-35.52% +91.56% -205.67% +839.91%
Net Margin Growth
-7.55% -0.51% -1.97% +14.36%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(167.10M) (14.10M) (43.10M) 318.90M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
(167.10M) (14.10M) (43.10M) 318.90M
EPS (Basic)
-1.8526 -0.1543 -0.4664 3.4364
EPS (Basic) Growth
-34.48% +91.67% -202.27% +836.79%
Basic Shares Outstanding
90.20M 91.40M 92.40M 92.80M
EPS (Diluted)
-1.8526 -0.1543 -0.4664 3.2683
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-34.48% +91.67% -202.27% +800.75%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
90.20M 91.40M 92.40M 98.40M
EBITDA
148.70M 82.80M 106.60M 203.40M
EBITDA Growth
+5,407.41% -44.32% +28.74% +90.81%
EBITDA Margin
+6.72% +2.98% +4.88% +9.16%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 33.667
Number of Ratings 3 Current Quarters Estimate 1.233
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 2.137
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.56 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.11 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.19
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 3 3 3 3
Mean Estimate 1.23 1.12 2.14 4.19
High Estimates 1.29 1.25 2.45 4.73
Low Estimate 1.17 1.01 1.67 3.19
Coefficient of Variance 4.89 10.73 19.28 20.69

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 3 3 2
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 0 0 0
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for Century Aluminum Co. - CENX

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Sep 24, 2025 Kenneth L. Calloway SVP, Human Resources 28,706 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 789,415.00
Mar 25, 2025 Robert F. Hoffman SVP, IT and CAO 59,083 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $20.24 per share 1,195,839.92
Jan 6, 2025 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 65,681 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 1,196,707.82
Jan 6, 2025 Kenneth L. Calloway SVP, Human Resources 45,156 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Ágúst F. Hafberg SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 56,966 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 1,037,920.52
Jan 6, 2025 Ágúst F. Hafberg SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 59,447 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 1,083,124.34
Jan 6, 2025 Ágúst F. Hafberg SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 66,682 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Peter A. Trpkovski SVP, Finance and Treasurer 57,537 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Peter A. Trpkovski SVP, Finance and Treasurer 51,491 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 938,166.02
Jan 6, 2025 Peter A. Trpkovski SVP, Finance and Treasurer 52,194 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 950,974.68
Jan 6, 2025 Peter A. Trpkovski SVP, Finance and Treasurer 54,243 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 74,616 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 68,204 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 1,242,676.88
Jan 6, 2025 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 75,562 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 493,363 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 409,325 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 7,457,901.50
Jan 6, 2025 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 428,174 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 7,801,330.28
Jan 6, 2025 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 510,505 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Robert F. Hoffman SVP, IT and CAO 66,583 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Robert F. Hoffman SVP, IT and CAO 58,326 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.22 per share 1,062,699.72

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