Is Century Aluminum (CENX) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Century Aluminum's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 12.4, a forward P/E of about 4.1, a price-to-book of about 3.9 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is Century Aluminum's revenue?

Century Aluminum reported revenue of $2.5B for FY2025, with net profit of $41.8M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Century Aluminum (CENX)?

Century Aluminum last traded at $45.02 (+0.5% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Century Aluminum

CENX · NYSE · Materials · United States

$45.02+0.5%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:33 PM

Snapshot

TickerCENX

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustryAluminum

CountryUnited States

Employees2,906

HeadquartersChicago, United States

Market cap$4.5B

P/E (TTM)12.4

P/B3.9

Volume1.23M

Websitecenturyaluminum.com

Filings tracked3

About Century Aluminum

Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces primary aluminum and alumina in the United States and Iceland. The company engages in the production of standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products. It also owns and operates a carbon anode production facility in Vlissingen, the Netherlands; and operates aluminum reduction facilities or smelters; and bauxite mining and alumina refining in Jamaica. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders30.9%
Institutions69.1%
Public & other0.0%

509 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Glencore Plc30.00%
Blackrock Inc.9.10%
State Street Corporation4.72%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.29%
Sourcerock Group, LLC2.72%
FMR, LLC2.69%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC2.61%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.21%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 6/30/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Over 3 years only 0.79× of reported profit became operating cash — the classic sign that headline earnings may be running ahead of the cash actually generated. Often explained by working capital funding growth; worth a closer look.

Cash conversion0.79×

Net margin trend-2.0% → 1.7%

Margin has expanded by about 3.6 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity5.2%

Latest ROE of 5.2% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $984.0M · EPS 3.48

Est. earnings growth +521.4%

Next fiscal year

Rev $4.0B · EPS 10.90

Est. earnings growth +11.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$20.2152-wk range$70.43

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$4.5B

Day change

+0.5%

P/E (TTM)

12.4

Fwd P/E

4.1

P/B

3.9

Beta

1.97

Revenue (FY2025)

$2.5B

Net margin

1.7%

ROE

5.2%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+7.6%

EPS (FY2025)

0.42

Net profit (FY2025)

$41.8M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$2.5B	$41.8M	0.42	1.7%	5.2%
FY2024	$2.2B	$336.8M	3.27	15.2%	48.5%
FY2023	$2.2B	$-43.1M	-0.47	-2.0%	-12.1%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$649.2M	$337.5M	3.23	52.0%
2025Q3	$632.2M	$14.9M	0.15	2.4%
2025Q2	$628.1M	$-4.6M	-0.05	-0.7%
2025Q1	$633.9M	$29.7M	0.29	4.7%
2024Q3	$539.1M	$47.3M	0.46	8.8%
2024Q2	$560.8M	$-2.5M	-0.03	-0.4%
2024Q1	$489.5M	$246.8M	2.26	50.4%
2023Q3	$545.2M	$-42.0M	-0.45	-7.7%
2023Q2	$575.5M	$7.5M	0.07	1.3%
2023Q1	$552.4M	$-38.6M	-0.42	-7.0%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC6/17/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/7/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/7/2026

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