Basic Materials
Century Aluminum Company(CENX)
Live Price
Offline$49.53
-4.22% today
1Y Change
+183.50%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $6.16B
- Revenue Growth
- +13.9%
- EPS Growth
- -87.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Century Aluminum Company (CENX) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $6.16B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $49.53 and up 183.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +13.9%, EPS growth of -87.9%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +13.9%, EPS -87.9%, free cash flow +179.3% with operating margin 6.6% and ROIC 9.1%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 144.4 and price/sales 2.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CENX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+13.9% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+6.6% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 6, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +13.9% and EPS is at -87.9%, with operating margin around 6.6%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +0.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | -3.3% | +2.7% | +6.1% |
2026 Feb 19, 2026 | -98.4% | +0.3% | -0.6% | -5.4% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | -81.0% | +14.0% | +0.2% | +7.2% |
Benchmark Edge
CENX vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
CENX
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
CENX Max Drawdown
-24.81%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for CENX and SPY.
Company Overview
Century Aluminum Company
NASDAQ
Century Aluminum Company is a leading producer of primary aluminum, specializing in standard-grade and value-added products such as ingots, billets, sows, and high-purity aluminum. The company operates smelter facilities in the United States, including Hawesville, Kentucky, and Mount Holly, South Carolina, as well as Grundartangi in Iceland, enabling energy-efficient production with access to renewable energy sources. It also manages a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands to support its smelting operations. Century Aluminum supplies low-carbon, high-purity aluminum to diverse sectors including automotive, packaging, consumer electronics, building and construction, industrial equipment, electrical, defense, aerospace, and machinery. A key customer is Glencore, which purchases nearly all of its North American production, while the company sources most of its alumina from the same partner. Currently, Century Aluminum holds a 40% stake in the Oklahoma Primary Aluminum project alongside EGA, aimed at enhancing domestic aluminum manufacturing through a new facility in Inola, Oklahoma. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Century Aluminum plays a vital role in the global aluminum supply chain, emphasizing operational excellence and sustainability.
- Leadership
- Mr. Jesse E. Gary J.D.
- Employees
- 3.0k
- Street Address
- One South Wacker Drive, Suite 1000
- Mailing
- Chicago, IL, 60606
- Region
- Chicago, IL, United States
- Last Updated
- May 7, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 144.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 43.2
- Price/Sales
- 2.4
- Price/Book
- 7.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +13.9%
- EPS
- -87.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +179.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 10.4%
- Operating Margin
- 6.6%
- Net Margin
- 1.7%
- ROE
- 5.5%
- ROIC
- 9.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.66
- Current Ratio
- 1.97
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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