CENX

MKT CAP:$6B

Century Aluminum Company

Market Cap

$6B

Basic Materials·Aluminum·🇺🇸 United States·NASDAQ

Materials·Aluminum·🇺🇸·NASDAQ

Stock Price

$60.74+$19.80 (+48.36%)

Apr 24, 2026

Company Details

Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. It also owns and operates a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands. T...

CEO

Jesse E. Gary

IPO Date

Mar 29, 1996

Website

centuryaluminum.com

Key Metrics TTM

Revenue

$2.6B

+2.1% YoY

Net Income

-$70M

EPS (Diluted)

-$0.87

Free Cash Flow

-$86M

Revenue / Share

$27.91

Gross Margin

0.1%

Operating Margin

-7.9%

Net Margin

-2.7%

FCF Margin

-3.4%

P/S

2.3x

P/E

—

Earnings Reports

Q2 2023

May 6, 2026

PENDING

Q1 2023

May 9, 2023

$552M-26.7%EPS -$0.42

FY 2022

Feb 27, 2023

$2.8B+25.5%EPS -$0.15

Q4 2022

Feb 27, 2023

$530M-19.6%EPS -$1.24

Q3 2022

Nov 7, 2022

$637M+9.6%EPS $0.43

Revenue & Profitability

Quarter	Revenue	Gross Profit	Operating Income
Q2 19	$473M	-$4M	-$16M
Q3 19	$438M	-$14M	-$25M
Q4 19	$435M	$7M	-$3M
Q1 20	$421M	$5M	-$4M
Q2 20	$402M	-$13M	-$25M
Q3 20	$393M	-$27M	-$38M
Q4 20	$389M	-$1M	-$13M
Q1 21	$444M	-$21M	-$37M
Q2 21	$528M	$21M	$12M
Q3 21	$581M	$55M	$40M
Q4 21	$659M	$69M	$51M
Q1 22	$754M	$93M	$81M
Q2 22	$857M	$16M	-$150M
Q3 22	$637M	-$43M	-$52M
Q4 22	$530M	-$19M	-$31M
Q1 23	$552M	$48M	$28M

Valuation

Quarter	P/S	P/E
Q2 19	3.1x	—
Q3 19	3.2x	—
Q4 19	3.3x	—
Q1 20	3.4x	—
Q2 20	3.5x	—
Q3 20	3.6x	—
Q4 20	3.7x	—
Q1 21	3.7x	—
Q2 21	3.4x	—
Q3 21	3.1x	—
Q4 21	2.7x	—
Q1 22	2.4x	—
Q2 22	2.1x	95.1x
Q3 22	2.1x	37.5x
Q4 22	2.2x	—
Q1 23	2.3x	—

Operating Cash Flow

Quarter	Operating CF	Free CF
Q2 19	-$4M	-$17M
Q3 19	$21M	$5M
Q4 19	$22M	$2M
Q1 20	$35M	$29M
Q2 20	$37M	$33M
Q3 20	-$38M	-$40M
Q4 20	$10M	$8M
Q1 21	-$50M	-$57M
Q2 21	-$38M	-$57M
Q3 21	$76M	$56M
Q4 21	-$53M	-$90M
Q1 22	$37M	$11M
Q2 22	$31M	$5M
Q3 22	-$11M	-$30M
Q4 22	-$31M	-$47M
Q1 23	-$200.0K	-$15M

Capital Expenditures

Quarter	CapEx
Q2 19	$13M
Q3 19	$17M
Q4 19	$20M
Q1 20	$6M
Q2 20	$4M
Q3 20	$2M
Q4 20	$2M
Q1 21	$7M
Q2 21	$19M
Q3 21	$20M
Q4 21	$37M
Q1 22	$26M
Q2 22	$26M
Q3 22	$18M
Q4 22	$16M
Q1 23	$14M

CapEx

OpEx vs Revenue Growth (YoY)

Quarter	Revenue Growth	OpEx Growth
Q2 19	+4.1%	+8.5%
Q3 19	-9.1%	-6.9%
Q4 19	-10.6%	-21.1%
Q1 20	-14.0%	-17.8%
Q2 20	-15.0%	-12.8%
Q3 20	-10.3%	-7.0%
Q4 20	-10.6%	-8.2%
Q1 21	+5.4%	+13.0%
Q2 21	+31.4%	+20.8%
Q3 21	+48.0%	+25.6%
Q4 21	+69.4%	+51.3%
Q1 22	+69.7%	+39.8%
Q2 22	+62.2%	+95.0%
Q3 22	+9.6%	+27.3%
Q4 22	-19.6%	-7.9%
Q1 23	-26.7%	-21.9%

Stock-Based Compensation

Quarter	SBC ($)	% of Revenue
Q2 19	$0	0.0%
Q3 19	$0	0.0%
Q4 19	$7M	1.5%
Q1 20	$0	0.0%
Q2 20	$0	0.0%
Q3 20	$0	0.0%
Q4 20	$0	0.0%
Q1 21	$0	0.0%
Q2 21	$0	0.0%
Q3 21	$0	0.0%
Q4 21	$0	0.0%
Q1 22	$0	0.0%
Q2 22	$0	0.0%
Q3 22	$0	0.0%
Q4 22	$0	0.0%
Q1 23	$0	0.0%

OpEx Breakdown

Quarter	G&A	SG&A
Q2 19	$12M	—
Q3 19	$12M	—
Q4 19	$9M	—
Q1 20	—	$9M
Q2 20	—	$12M
Q3 20	—	$11M
Q4 20	—	$12M
Q1 21	—	$16M
Q2 21	—	$9M
Q3 21	—	$14M
Q4 21	—	$19M
Q1 22	—	$12M
Q2 22	—	$6M
Q3 22	—	$9M
Q4 22	—	$11M
Q1 23	—	$13M

Revenue by Geography

Quarter	Iceland	United States
Q2 19	$164M	$310M
Q3 19	$161M	$277M
Q4 19	$168M	$268M
Q1 20	$147M	$274M
Q2 20	$154M	$248M
Q3 20	$151M	$242M
Q4 20	$146M	$244M
Q1 21	$168M	$276M
Q2 21	$180M	$348M
Q3 21	$208M	$374M
Q4 21	$244M	$415M
Q1 22	$248M	$506M
Q2 22	$273M	$583M
Q3 22	$284M	$354M
Q4 22	$236M	$294M
Q1 23	$210M	$342M

War Chest

Quarter	Cash	Short-term Investments	Total
Q1 22	$27M	$0	$27M
Q2 22	$30M	$0	$30M
Q3 22	$65M	$0	$65M
Q4 22	$54M	$0	$54M
Q1 23	$30M	$0	$30M
Q2 23	$51M	$0	$51M
Q3 23	$70M	$0	$70M
Q4 23	$89M	$0	$89M
Q1 24	$95M	$0	$95M
Q2 24	$43M	$0	$43M
Q3 24	$33M	$0	$33M
Q4 24	$33M	$0	$33M
Q1 25	$45M	$0	$45M
Q2 25	$41M	$0	$41M
Q3 25	$151M	$0	$151M
Q4 25	$136M	$0	$136M

Shares Outstanding

Quarter	Shares (Diluted)	QoQ Change	YoY Change
Q2 19	89M	+0.8%	+1.4%
Q3 19	89M	+0.1%	+1.5%
Q4 19	89M	+0.5%	+1.4%
Q1 20	89M	0.0%	+1.4%
Q2 20	90M	+0.2%	+0.8%
Q3 20	90M	0.0%	+0.7%
Q4 20	90M	+0.2%	+0.4%
Q1 21	90M	+0.4%	+0.9%
Q2 21	90M	0.0%	+0.7%
Q3 21	90M	0.0%	+0.7%
Q4 21	97M	+7.3%	+7.8%
Q1 22	97M	+0.4%	+7.8%
Q2 22	98M	+0.5%	+8.3%
Q3 22	97M	-0.3%	+8.0%
Q4 22	92M	-5.8%	-5.2%
Q1 23	92M	+0.7%	-4.9%

Shares Outstanding

Revenue Per Employee

Period	Revenue/Employee	Employees
Q2 19	$228.7K	2K
Q3 19	$211.7K	2K
Q4 19	$209.4K	2K
Q1 20	$202.6K	2K
Q2 20	$193.3K	2K
Q3 20	$189.0K	2K
Q4 20	$187.2K	2K
Q1 21	$213.7K	2K
Q2 21	$254.1K	2K
Q3 21	$279.8K	2K
Q4 21	$262.4K	3K
Q1 22	$300.0K	3K
Q2 22	$341.0K	3K
Q3 22	$253.7K	3K
Q4 22	$270.9K	2K
Q1 23	$282.4K	2K

Revenue / Employee