Century Aluminum Company (CENX) vs The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG)

Century Aluminum Company and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are both in the Basic Materials sector (Aluminum and Agricultural Inputs). Century Aluminum Company and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are of similar size ($3.4B and $3.2B). Century Aluminum Company trades at the lower P/E: 5.7× against 43.7×. Century Aluminum Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.67% against 4.60%. Century Aluminum Company has the higher net margin (22.6% vs 2.12%) and the higher return on invested capital (25.8% vs 12.7%). Across the 21 metrics below, Century Aluminum Company leads on 17 and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company on 4.

Valuation

Metric CENX SMG
P/E 5.74 43.66
P/S 1.30 0.91
P/B 2.26 n/m
Price to free cash flow 9.87 12.06
EV/EBITDA 4.68 11.64
EV/Sales 1.34 1.51
Earnings yield 17.41% 2.29%
Free cash flow yield 10.13% 8.29%

Profitability

Metric CENX SMG
Gross margin 19.20% 31.75%
Operating margin 25.60% 10.98%
Net margin 22.62% 2.12%
Free cash flow margin 13.17% 7.56%
Return on equity 54.37% (38.94%)
Return on assets 25.01% 2.36%
Return on invested capital 25.81% 12.74%

Growth

Metric CENX SMG
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.67% 4.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (87.23%) 504.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.51% (3.75%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (17.82%)

Health

Metric CENX SMG
Debt to equity 0.33 (10.13)
Current ratio 2.75 1.21
Net debt to EBITDA 1.77 4.77

Dividend

Metric CENX SMG
Dividend yield — 4.84%
Payout ratio — 2.30

Size

Metric CENX SMG
Market cap 3.39b 3.16b

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