CENXCentury Aluminum Company
+11.3% today · +15.5% over a year
7/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 74% of the instruments we score
Quality: among the best of its peers; Stability: among the weakest; priced lower than most peers. No dividend.
Century Aluminum Company (CENX) belongs to the Materials sector and is listed on Nasdaq; country: United States. Its market value is about €3B. Over the past 12 months the price changed by +15.5%, with an annualised volatility of 63% and a largest fall of 56%.
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Materials companies in USA (n = 91)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Gross profit growth / assets (5 y)supports the score · better than 93% of peers
- Share issuance (1 y)weighs on the score · better than 12% of peers
- Return on invested capitalsupports the score · better than 99% of peers
Red flags and notes
- Caution. Accruals or the Beneish M-score are in the watch zone. More in the glossary → Accruals or the Beneish M-score are in the watch zone.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 3.7
- P/B
- 1.9
- P/S
- 1.1
- EV/EBIT
- 3.5
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 15.9%
- Market cap (EUR)
- €3B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 72.6%
- Return on invested capital
- 68.4%
- Gross margin
- 24.7%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- −0.23
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- Payout ratio
- 0%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 0
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +11.3%
- 1 month
- −10.0%
- 1 year
- +15.5%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 62.5%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −56.3%
- Beta
- 1.48
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
Similar companies
Same sector and region, closest in market value.
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|---|---|---|---|
| USLMUnited States Lime & Minerals Inc. | 7/10 | 0.2% | 3.6% |
| KNFKnife River Corporation | 3/10 | 0.0% | −20.7% |
| HWKNHawkins Inc. | 6/10 | 0.5% | 19.8% |
| ASHAshland Inc | 4/10 | 2.2% | 56.6% |
| CBTCabot Corporation | 10/10 | 2.6% | 22.7% |
| SMGScotts Miracle-Gro Co The | 1/10 | 4.1% | 19.7% |
| MTRNMaterion Corp | 5/10 | 0.4% | 62.2% |
News and filings
- CENTURY ALUMINUM CO: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 30 Sep 2026
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 Nov 2026
- CENTURY ALUMINUM CO: 8-K — Results of operations
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 Nov 2026
What the marks mean
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
Show the log: 6 entries
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating change | 7/10 | 8 · — | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 6 → 7/10 | 7 · — | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 5 → 6/10 | 6 · — | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 6 → 5/10 | 6 · — | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 6/10 | 6 · — | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| First rating | 6/10 | 7 · — | Available with Invest Pro |
Ratings are rules-based descriptions, valid until the next scoring run (about 06:20 and 21:50 UTC) and the same for every visitor.
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