Century Aluminum Company (CENX) vs United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM)

Century Aluminum Company and United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. are both in the Basic Materials sector (Aluminum and Building Materials). Century Aluminum Company is the larger, with a market value of $3.4B against $3.1B — 1.1× the size. Century Aluminum Company trades at the lower P/E: 5.7× against 22.6×. Century Aluminum Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.67% against 7.00%. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. has the higher net margin (35.7% vs 22.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (33.9% vs 25.8%). Across the 22 metrics below, Century Aluminum Company leads on 11 and United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CENX USLM
P/E 5.74 22.61
P/S 1.30 8.07
P/B 2.26 4.37
Price to free cash flow 9.87 33.03
EV/EBITDA 4.68 14.45
EV/Sales 1.34 7.08
Earnings yield 17.41% 4.42%
Free cash flow yield 10.13% 3.03%

Profitability

Metric CENX USLM
Gross margin 19.20% 48.51%
Operating margin 25.60% 42.11%
Net margin 22.62% 35.66%
Free cash flow margin 13.17% 24.44%
Return on equity 54.37% 21.35%
Return on assets 25.01% 19.84%
Return on invested capital 25.81% 33.85%

Growth

Metric CENX USLM
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.67% 7.00%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (87.23%) 23.22%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.51% 18.32%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 36.61%

Health

Metric CENX USLM
Debt to equity 0.33 0.00
Current ratio 2.75 27.54
Net debt to EBITDA 1.77 (2.03)

Dividend

Metric CENX USLM
Dividend yield — 0.23%
Payout ratio — 0.05

Size

Metric CENX USLM
Market cap 3.39b 3.07b

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