profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Century Aluminum
$36.71+0.80% today
+31.7% in 1 year
1-year low $26.191-year high $68.77
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $86.94 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Century Aluminum sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.78 billion in 2022 to $2.53 billion in 2025, with $41.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Century Aluminum handed back 6% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $5M
Free cash flow 2025$85M
Bought back its own shares$5M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$134M vs. $548M
Century Aluminum vs. similar companies
Century Aluminum grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Century Aluminum | 86.9× · Very expensive | ||
 Shandong Hongqiao Aluminum Industry | 10.4× · Cheap | ||
 China Hongqiao Group | 7.3× · Cheap | ||
 Hindalco Industries | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Aluminum Corporation of China | 11.5× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Century Aluminum's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,777 | 2,185 | 2,220 | 2,528 | |
| 47 | 88 | 172 | 256 | |
| 9 | 28 | 108 | 158 | |
| 136 | 43 | 440 | 142 | |
| -14 | -43 | 337 | 42 | |
| -0.15 | -0.47 | 3.29 | 0.42 | |
| 1.7% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 10.1% | |
| 0.3% | 1.3% | 4.9% | 6.3% | |
| -0.5% | -2.0% | 15.2% | 1.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,472 | 1,847 | 2,120 | 2,269 |
| Cash | 54 | 89 | 33 | 134 |
| Total debt | 528 | 479 | 528 | 548 |
| Total liabilities | 1,073 | 1,502 | 1,315 | 1,339 |
| 399 | 356 | 694 | 806 | |
| 91 | 92 | 98 | 95 | |
| 5.3% | -3.4% | 22.8% | 2.9% | |
| -3.5% | -12.1% | 48.5% | 5.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 106 | -25 | 185 | |
| 86 | 95 | 82 | 100 | |
| -60 | 11 | -107 | 85 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| – | 7 | 15 | 47 |
Valuation
- 86.9×
- 3.5×
- –
- 4.1×
- 1.4×
- 42.9×
- 28.5×
- 2.3%
- 1.2%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 10.1%
- 6.3%
- 1.7%
- 7.9%
- 3.0%
- 7.1%
- 40.6%
- 13.2%
- 9.8%
- –
Growth
- −3.1%
- –
- +179.3%
- –
- +1.4%
Financial health
- 2.9×
- 0.68
- 20.6%
- 1.1×
- 1.97
- 1.36
- 0.96
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 28%of 989
Bottom 33%of 958
Bottom 8%of 774
Bottom 27%of 935
Top 48%of 990
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $76.00
- Range
- $75.00 – $77.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 1.06 | 1.16 | −8.6% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 0.02 | 1.25 | −98.4% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.15 | 0.79 | −81.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -0.05 | 0.34 | −114.7% |
| May 7, 2025 | 0.28 | 0.53 | −47.2% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.47 | 0.42 | +11.9% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 0.46 | 0.32 | +43.8% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | -0.03 | 0.02 | −250.0% |
News
Should You Sell Your Stocks Right Now? Here's What a Century's Worth of History Suggests.Yahoo Finance · Nov 1, 2026Century Communities Non-GAAP EPS of $1.01 misses by $0.21, revenue of $864.4M misses by $93.7MSeeking Alpha · Oct 28, 2026Century Next Financial GAAP EPS of $2.41, revenue of $11.37MSeeking Alpha · Oct 23, 2026Century Aluminum gains after Einhorn pitch at Robin Hood conferenceSeeking Alpha · Oct 21, 2026They survived World War II and lost decades, but not 2026. Japan's century-old businesses are disappearing at a record paceCNBC · Oct 5, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
26No pass
Benjamin Graham
21No pass
Philip Fisher
23No pass
Peter Lynch
30No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
19No pass
Terry Smith
24No pass
Questions about Century Aluminum
Is Century Aluminum a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Century Aluminum AI analysis
What does Century Aluminum do?
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 is in Aluminum, based in Chicago, IL, United States, with 2,906 employees.
Does Century Aluminum pay a dividend?
No. Century Aluminum does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $4.70 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Century Aluminum stock halal?
Yes. Century Aluminum passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 15% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Century Aluminum stock done over the past year?
Up 31.7% over the past twelve months, to $36.71. It traded between $26.19 and $68.77 and is 46.6% below its high.
Who are Century Aluminum's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Shandong Hongqiao Aluminum Industry, China Hongqiao Group, Hindalco Industries and Aluminum Corporation of China. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Century Aluminum's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.