Century Aluminum Company (CENX) vs Ero Copper Corp. (ERO)

Century Aluminum Company and Ero Copper Corp. are both in the Basic Materials sector (Aluminum and Copper). Century Aluminum Company and Ero Copper Corp. are of similar size ($3.6B and $3.4B). Century Aluminum Company trades at the lower P/E: 5.7× against 12.2×. Ero Copper Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.7% against 9.67%. Ero Copper Corp. has the higher net margin (31.6% vs 22.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (12.5% vs 25.8%). Across the 22 metrics below, Century Aluminum Company leads on 13 and Ero Copper Corp. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CENX ERO
P/E 5.74 12.16
P/S 1.30 3.85
P/B 2.26 3.23
Price to free cash flow 9.87 25.67
EV/EBITDA 4.68 9.26
EV/Sales 1.34 4.39
Earnings yield 17.41% 8.23%
Free cash flow yield 10.13% 3.90%

Profitability

Metric CENX ERO
Gross margin 19.20% 42.75%
Operating margin 25.60% 34.62%
Net margin 22.62% 31.63%
Free cash flow margin 13.17% 15.02%
Return on equity 54.37% 32.12%
Return on assets 25.01% 15.63%
Return on invested capital 25.81% 12.50%

Growth

Metric CENX ERO
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.67% 88.73%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (87.23%) 483.33%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.51% 19.38%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 38.57%

Health

Metric CENX ERO
Debt to equity 0.33 0.53
Current ratio 2.75 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 1.77 1.37

Dividend

Metric CENX ERO
Dividend yield — —
Payout ratio — —

Size

Metric CENX ERO
Market cap 3.39b 3.62b

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