century aluminum co. - CENX

CENX

Close Chg Chg %
48.40 1.25 2.58%

Closed Market

49.65

+1.25 (2.58%)

Volume: 1.77M

Last Updated:

Mar 27, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: century aluminum co. - CENX

CENX Key Data

Open

$48.40

Day Range

47.62 - 51.13

52 Week Range

13.05 - 59.12

Market Cap

$4.79B

Shares Outstanding

98.97M

Public Float

58.92M

Beta

2.17

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

115.32

EPS

$0.42

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

$0.05

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 18, 2002

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.45M

 

CENX Performance

1 Week
 
1.39%
 
1 Month
 
-3.70%
 
3 Months
 
26.72%
 
1 Year
 
167.51%
 
5 Years
 
187.83%
 

CENX Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 5
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 2.53B
Industry Aluminum Net Income 41.80M
Sector Non-Energy Minerals 2025 Sales Growth 13.854%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 2,906
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CENX Valuation

P/E Current 115.32
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 93.352
Price to Sales Ratio 1.477
Price to Book Ratio 4.813
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 20.18
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 17.182
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.699
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.133

CENX Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 869,889.883
Income Per Employee 14,384.033
Receivables Turnover 7.218
Total Asset Turnover 1.201

CENX Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.97
Quick Ratio 0.977
Cash Ratio 0.259

CENX Profitability

Gross Margin 10.147
Operating Margin 6.258
Pretax Margin 0.107
Net Margin 1.654
Return on Assets 1.986
Return on Equity 5.573
Return on Total Capital 3.032
Return on Invested Capital 3.374

CENX Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 71.115
Total Debt to Total Capital 41.56
Total Debt to Total Assets 25.246
Long-Term Debt to Equity 62.252
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 36.38
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Century Aluminum Co. - CENX

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.78B 2.19B 2.22B 2.53B
Sales Growth
+25.53% -21.31% +1.60% +13.85%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.73B 2.09B 2.04B 2.27B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
73.40M 74.70M 81.80M 91.80M
Depreciation
73.40M 74.70M 81.80M 91.80M
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+30.75% -23.33% -2.78% +11.61%
Gross Income
46.90M 92.00M 185.20M 256.50M
Gross Income Growth
-62.27% +96.16% +101.30% +38.50%
Gross Profit Margin
+1.69% +4.21% +8.34% +10.15%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
37.50M 44.30M 56.80M 79.90M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
37.50M 44.30M 56.80M 79.90M
SGA Growth
-34.90% +18.13% +28.22% +40.67%
Other Operating Expense
- 15.80M 6.80M 18.40M
Unusual Expense
(37.70M) 61.80M (2.00M) 102.40M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
47.10M (29.90M) 123.60M 55.80M
Non Operating Income/Expense
15.60M (1.40M) 243.30M (5.40M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
500.00K 2.00M 2.10M 9.20M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
29.30M 35.50M 43.10M 47.70M
Interest Expense Growth
-3.62% +21.16% +21.41% +10.67%
Gross Interest Expense
29.30M 35.50M 43.10M 47.70M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
33.40M (66.80M) 323.80M 2.70M
Pretax Income Growth
+116.90% -300.00% +584.73% -99.17%
Pretax Margin
+1.20% -3.06% +14.58% +0.11%
Income Tax
47.40M (14.60M) 3.20M (13.10M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 200.00K 500.00K 200.00K
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
4.00M 15.80M 4.90M 400.00K
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- - (300.00K) (400.00K)
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
43.50M (30.50M) (1.70M) (13.70M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - (17.90M)
-
Consolidated Net Income
(14.10M) (52.30M) 302.80M 15.80M
Minority Interest Expense
- (9.20M) (16.10M) (26.00M)
Net Income
(14.10M) (43.10M) 318.90M 41.80M
Net Income Growth
+91.56% -205.67% +839.91% -86.89%
Net Margin Growth
-0.51% -1.97% +14.36% +1.65%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(14.10M) (43.10M) 318.90M 41.80M
Preferred Dividends
- - - 1.80M
-
Net Income Available to Common
(14.10M) (43.10M) 318.90M 40.00M
EPS (Basic)
-0.1543 -0.4664 3.4364 0.4246
EPS (Basic) Growth
+91.67% -202.27% +836.79% -87.64%
Basic Shares Outstanding
91.40M 92.40M 92.80M 94.20M
EPS (Diluted)
-0.1543 -0.4664 3.2683 0.4197
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+91.67% -202.27% +800.75% -87.16%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
91.40M 92.40M 98.40M 95.30M
EBITDA
82.80M 106.60M 203.40M 250.00M
EBITDA Growth
-44.32% +28.74% +90.81% +22.91%
EBITDA Margin
+2.98% +4.88% +9.16% +9.89%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 63.00
Number of Ratings 5 Current Quarters Estimate 1.567
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 9.343
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.25 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 2.46 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 9.987
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 1.57 2.38 9.34 9.99
High Estimates 1.87 2.70 10.60 11.40
Low Estimate 1.12 2.18 8.56 7.18
Coefficient of Variance 25.21 11.66 11.77 24.34

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 4 4 4
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 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
Jan 7, 2026 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 74,411 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 $39.18 per share 2,915,422.98
Jan 7, 2026 Kenneth L. Calloway SVP, Human Resources 42,902 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Ágúst F. Hafberg SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 67,943 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Ágúst F. Hafberg SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 62,705 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 $39.18 per share 2,456,781.90
Jan 7, 2026 Ágúst F. Hafberg SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 70,516 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 $39.18 per share 2,762,816.88
Jan 7, 2026 Ágúst F. Hafberg SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 86,138 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Peter A. Trpkovski EVP, CFO and Treasurer 85,104 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Peter A. Trpkovski EVP, CFO and Treasurer 71,616 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 $39.18 per share 2,805,914.88
Jan 7, 2026 Peter A. Trpkovski EVP, CFO and Treasurer 75,661 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 $39.18 per share 2,964,397.98
Jan 7, 2026 Peter A. Trpkovski EVP, CFO and Treasurer 83,751 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 79,940 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Robert F. Hoffman SVP, IT and CAO 90,733 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 82,654 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 $39.18 per share 3,238,383.72
Jan 7, 2026 Matthew F. Aboud SVP, Strategy & Business Dev t 99,139 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 591,838 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 534,395 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 $39.18 per share 20,937,596.10
Jan 7, 2026 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 602,106 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 $39.18 per share 23,590,513.08
Jan 7, 2026 Jesse E. Gary President and CEO; Director 805,237 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Robert F. Hoffman SVP, IT and CAO 77,172 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2026 Robert F. Hoffman SVP, IT and CAO 72,050 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 $39.18 per share 2,822,919.00

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