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Century Aluminum Company
CENX Basic Materials Aluminum
Century Aluminum Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 13.9% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 19.7%, EPS grew 5,140.0%, free cash flow grew 779.3% and total debt rose 4.05%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 2.63 | 8.39 | 6.54 | 5.02 | 2.91 | 9.04 | 5.27 | 5.70 | 9.65 | 13.05 |
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| High | 10.69 | 20.68 | 24.77 | 9.98 | 12.85 | 19.60 | 30.36 | 13.17 | 25.39 | 40.83 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 1,741 | 1,864 | 2,069 | 2,079 | 2,078 | 2,512 | 1,956 | 2,939 | 2,971 | 2,906 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.76 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.88 | 1.42 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.87 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 1,319 | 1,589 | 1,893 | 1,837 | 1,605 | 2,213 | 2,777 | 2,185 | 2,220 | 2,528 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | (0.46) | 8.26 | (1.21) | (1.30) | (2.27) | 5.61 | 1.68 | 4.01 | 7.75 | 10.14 | |||||
| EBT | (251) | 55 | (71) | (85) | (126) | (198) | 33 | (71) | 310 | 3 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | (19.02) | 3.49 | (3.73) | (4.66) | (7.87) | (8.93) | 1.20 | (3.25) | 13.95 | 0.11 | |||||
| Net income | (252) | 49 | (66) | (81) | (123) | (167) | (14) | (57) | 307 | 16 | |||||
| Depreciation | 85 | 84 | 90 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 73 | 79 | 87 | 92 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 15.14 | 18.06 | 21.61 | 20.68 | 17.93 | 24.53 | 30.39 | 23.65 | 23.93 | 26.84 | ||||
| Earnings | (2.90) | 0.51 | (0.76) | (0.91) | (1.38) | (1.85) | (0.15) | (0.47) | 3.46 | 0.42 | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.44 | 0.59 | (0.79) | 0.20 | 0.48 | (0.72) | 0.28 | 1.14 | (0.27) | 1.96 | |||||
| Capex | (0.24) | (0.20) | (0.95) | (0.67) | (0.13) | (0.92) | (0.94) | (0.75) | (0.86) | (1.06) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 0.20 | 0.39 | (1.74) | (0.47) | 0.35 | (1.63) | (0.65) | 0.39 | (1.13) | 0.90 | |||||
| Book value | 8.69 | 9.43 | 8.70 | 7.60 | 6.10 | 4.67 | 4.37 | 3.72 | 8.68 | 9.87 | |||||
| Shares, m | 87 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 0.00 | 41.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.27 | 93.29 | ||||
| P/S | 0.57 | 1.18 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.76 | 1.46 | |||||
| P/B | 0.99 | 2.27 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 1.81 | 3.55 | 1.87 | 3.20 | 2.10 | 3.97 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.65 | 1.23 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.86 | 0.44 | 0.68 | 0.98 | 1.63 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 49.70 | 57.53 | (5.74) | (21.99) | 38.94 | (12.87) | (20.42) | 41.06 | (20.87) | 48.73 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 38 | 52 | (69) | 18 | 43 | (65) | 26 | 106 | (25) | 185 | ||||
| Capex | (21) | (17) | (83) | (60) | (12) | (83) | (85) | (69) | (80) | (100) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 17 | 34 | (152) | (42) | 31 | (147) | (60) | 36 | (105) | 85 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 261 | 363 | 282 | 254 | 216 | 71 | 267 | 4 | 344 | 508 | ||||
| Total debt | 256 | 256 | 280 | 293 | 308 | 443 | 528 | 479 | 528 | 577 | |||||
| Net debt | 122 | 88 | 240 | 254 | 224 | 403 | 472 | 389 | 493 | 441 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 757 | 830 | 762 | 675 | 546 | 421 | 399 | 344 | 805 | 930 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | (15.33) | 3.11 | (4.24) | (5.32) | (8.51) | (11.25) | (0.93) | (2.60) | 16.08 | 1.82 | ||||
| ROIC | (16.21) | 6.62 | (3.68) | (4.85) | (6.53) | 5.01 | (10.77) | 2.34 | 5.22 | 7.21 | |||||
| ROE | (28.59) | 6.13 | (8.32) | (11.24) | (20.19) | (34.56) | (3.44) | (11.60) | 55.48 | 4.61 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Century Aluminum Company vs peers in the Basic Materials sector (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERO Ero Copper Corp. | $3.6B | 12.2× | 5.9× | +110.39% (above 0%: growing) | +35.06% (above 0%: growing) | +441.33% (above 0%: growing) | 40.25% | 35.04% | Compare |
| ARIS Aris Mining Corporation | $3.6B | 12.5× | — | +62.31% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −140.02% (below 0%: shrinking) | 58.58% | 48.02% | Compare |
| AVNT Avient Corporation | $3.6B | 21.0× | 14.0× | +5.83% (above 0%: growing) | +24.56% (above 0%: growing) | −16.67% (below 0%: shrinking) | 33.54% | 12.26% | Compare |
| CSTM Constellium SE | $3.5B | 6.4× | 9.6× | +30.67% (above 0%: growing) | +328.00% (above 0%: growing) | +127.03% (above 0%: growing) | 17.47% | 8.81% | Compare |
| CENX Century Aluminum Company | $3.4B | 5.7× | 4.8× | +19.74% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +779.25% (above 0%: growing) | 30.30% | 28.13% | |
| ASH Ashland Inc. | $3.3B | 62.4× | 24.9× | +7.34% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +5.26% (above 0%: growing) | 34.21% | 8.65% | Compare |
| SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | $3.2B | 43.7× | 18.6× | +1.10% (above 0%: growing) | −25.19% (below 0%: shrinking) | −26.61% (below 0%: shrinking) | 31.22% | 14.47% | Compare |
| FSM Fortuna Mining Corp. | $3.1B | 8.7× | — | +38.19% (above 0%: growing) | +108.33% (above 0%: growing) | +246.98% (above 0%: growing) | 57.62% | 49.28% | Compare |
| USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. | $3.1B | 22.6× | 24.3× | +8.31% (above 0%: growing) | +11.11% (above 0%: growing) | +0.98% (above 0%: growing) | 47.13% | 41.01% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $3.4B | 16.8× | 16.3× | +19.49% | +29.81% | +3.12% | 37.23% | 24.76% |
Century Aluminum Company (CENX) key facts
- Strength: Century Aluminum Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 13.9% from fiscal 2024.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX) is an Aluminum company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, CENX traded at $35.03, a market capitalization of $3.4 billion.
- Return on equity was 4.61% and debt-to-equity 0.33.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.26 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.