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Century Aluminum Company
CENX · Nasdaq · ·
$34.04-4.1%Nov 13 close
Figures through September 30, 2026, from the 10-Q filed November 5, 2026
Past performance
- 1W
- +1.7%
- 1M
- +2.5%
Century Aluminum Company against aluminum
Century Aluminum Company is the 2nd largest of 4 graded companies.
| Company | Grade | Market value | Revenue | Profit margin | Free cash flow | Price to earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Corp.AA | A+ | $10.5B | $14.3B | 10.7% | $890M | 6.92 |
| Century Aluminum CompanyCENX | A+ | $3.4B | $3B | 29.7% | $526.3M | 3.99 |
| Constellium SECSTM | A | $3B | $10B | 5.7% | $319M | 5.47 |
| Kaiser Aluminum CorporationKALU | A | $1.8B | $4.5B | 4.8% | $124.8M | 8.37 |
How it compares with its industry
Three ratings, each a percentile against the 4 companies we cover in Aluminum. Deliberately kept apart rather than blended into one score — cheap, rising and well-run are three different facts, and a single number would hide which one is which.
Momentum
58of 100 in its industry
Middle of its industry
12 months to a month ago3.8%
6 months to a month ago-49.7%
The most recent month is left out on purpose: returns tend to persist over 7–12 months and the newest one tends to reverse. This describes what the price has done, and says nothing about what it will do.
Value
67of 100 in its industry
Above most of its industry
Profit for the price26.45%
Cash for the price15.62%
Sales for the price88.92%
Assets for the price23.91%
Operating profit for the whole business7.67%
Yields, so higher means cheaper — a loss-making company ranks last instead of dropping out. Cheap is not the same as good: a high yield is often a price that fell for a reason. All five measures available.
Capital allocation
3/5Mixed
1 check not reported
Return on capital15.0%
Shareholder yield0.00%
Share count, 3 years8.3%
Net debt / EBITDA-0.44x
Insiders, 12 months-$353.1M
What management does with the money — scored on whatever the filings answer, never as a share of the total.
The six capital-allocation checks
- Return on the money invested15.0% on invested capital
- Debt against earningsMore cash than debt
- Cash returned to shareholdersKeeps essentially all of it
- Share count over three yearsShare count 8.3% higher over three years
- Payouts covered by cash flowFree cash flow covers what it pays out
- Open-market insider buyingNet selling of $353.1M — not counted against the score
A description of where this company sits among its competitors, not a recommendation. Ratings updated Nov 14, 2026.
A blank price-to-earnings means a loss, not a missing figure — the ratio has no meaning when there are no earnings to divide by, and printing a negative one would make the least profitable company look the cheapest.
Grades are trailing twelve months from each company’s own SEC filings, so they move only when a company files. Every column is computed by the same code that graded Century Aluminum Company on the overview — nothing here comes from a data vendor’s own ratios.
Industry membership is not a judgement about how similar two businesses are. It groups companies by what they are classified as, which is a starting point for comparison rather than a claim that they compete.