Century Aluminum Company (CENX) vs Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN)

Century Aluminum Company and Hawkins, Inc. are both in the Basic Materials sector (Aluminum and Specialty Chemicals). Century Aluminum Company and Hawkins, Inc. are of similar size ($3.2B and $3.0B). Century Aluminum Company trades at the lower P/E: 5.0× against 36.6×. Century Aluminum Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.67% against 9.02%. Century Aluminum Company has the higher net margin (22.6% vs 7.53%) and the higher return on invested capital (25.8% vs 10.1%). Across the 22 metrics below, Century Aluminum Company leads on 17 and Hawkins, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CENX HWKN
P/E 4.95 36.55
P/S 1.12 2.75
P/B 1.95 5.56
Price to free cash flow 8.52 33.61
EV/EBITDA 4.06 18.52
EV/Sales 1.17 2.95
Earnings yield 20.19% 2.74%
Free cash flow yield 11.74% 2.97%

Profitability

Metric CENX HWKN
Gross margin 19.20% 22.44%
Operating margin 25.60% 11.11%
Net margin 22.62% 7.53%
Free cash flow margin 13.17% 8.18%
Return on equity 54.37% 16.03%
Return on assets 25.01% 8.60%
Return on invested capital 25.81% 10.07%

Growth

Metric CENX HWKN
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.67% 9.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (87.23%) (2.98%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.51% 12.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 14.75%

Health

Metric CENX HWKN
Debt to equity 0.33 0.41
Current ratio 2.75 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 1.77 1.38

Dividend

Metric CENX HWKN
Dividend yield — 0.51%
Payout ratio — 0.19

Size

Metric CENX HWKN
Market cap 2.98b 3.16b

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