Century Aluminum Company (CENX) vs Fortuna Mining Corp. (FSM)

Century Aluminum Company and Fortuna Mining Corp. are both in the Basic Materials sector (Aluminum and Gold). Century Aluminum Company and Fortuna Mining Corp. are of similar size ($3.4B and $3.1B). Century Aluminum Company trades at the lower P/E: 5.7× against 8.7×. Fortuna Mining Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 58.6% against 9.67%. Fortuna Mining Corp. has the higher net margin (32.0% vs 22.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (27.1% vs 25.8%). Across the 22 metrics below, Fortuna Mining Corp. leads on 16 and Century Aluminum Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric CENX FSM
P/E 5.74 8.71
P/S 1.30 2.73
P/B 2.26 1.77
Price to free cash flow 9.87 7.77
EV/EBITDA 4.68 3.59
EV/Sales 1.34 2.41
Earnings yield 17.41% 11.48%
Free cash flow yield 10.13% 12.88%

Profitability

Metric CENX FSM
Gross margin 19.20% 57.24%
Operating margin 25.60% 51.23%
Net margin 22.62% 31.98%
Free cash flow margin 13.17% 35.10%
Return on equity 54.37% 22.59%
Return on assets 25.01% 16.32%
Return on invested capital 25.81% 27.13%

Growth

Metric CENX FSM
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.67% 58.62%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (87.23%) 119.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.51% 27.69%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 67.89%

Health

Metric CENX FSM
Debt to equity 0.33 0.11
Current ratio 2.75 3.00
Net debt to EBITDA 1.77 (0.61)

Dividend

Metric CENX FSM
Dividend yield — —
Payout ratio — —

Size

Metric CENX FSM
Market cap 3.39b 3.12b

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