CENTURY ALUMINUM CO · Primary Production of Aluminum

CENX

High riskNext report: Around Nov 5 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 20% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Sales up 14% last year

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 5.3% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (256 bought, 167 sold)
Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$31.80+1.2% that day

Company value: $3.1B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 5.5x; You pay about $5 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 1.2x; Company value is 1.2 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 11%; Cash as a share of company value

From CENX's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$752.1M+20% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $2.7B, up 9.7% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 9.5% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of CENX. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+10% a yearRecently: +9.7% a yearProfit margin23%Last 12 months: 22.6%P/E at the end8xToday: 5.5x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change+1% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$4.3B

Profit in 5 years$988M

Price these guesses point to$75.97+139% vs $31.80 todayAbout +19% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 23% margin and a 8x P/E, sales could shrink about 7.6% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

1/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.5.3%
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.1.6%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.3 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$84.8M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+4.3% in 3 years
MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.10.1%

Revenue: $2.5B; +13.9% vs prior year
5-year growth: +9.5%/yr; revenue, per year
Current ratio: 1.97x; short-term assets / bills due
Free cash flow: $84.8M; 3.4% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026

Reported Aug 6

Revenue: $752.1M; +19.7% YoY
EPS: $2.39; vs -$0.05
Op. margin: 28.1%; +25.2 pts
Gross margin: 30.3%; +25.0 pts
Free cash flow: $108.0M
Share count: +12.3%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 0
Normal week: 0.5
vs normal: 0.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Accumulating+5.3%

Institutions added 5.3% to their holdings. 256 bought, 167 sold. 5 quarters of net buying in a row.

Shares held by institutions105.9M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

+2.3%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Shares outstandingLatest reported

99M

Why high risk

Late annual report notice
Past financials no longer reliable

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportAround Nov 5 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedAug 6
Results filedMay 7
Results filedFeb 19
Results filedAug 7, 2025
Results filedMay 7, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

5%+ holder update (passive)Oct 5 · View filing ↗Big holder New 5%+ holder (passive)Aug 7 · View filing ↗Big holder Past financials no longer reliableMar 3 · View filing ↗Red flag Late annual report noticeMar 3 · View filing ↗Red flag

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

5%+ holder update (passive)Oct 5 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗SDSep 23 · Form SD ↗New 5%+ holder (passive)Aug 7 · Form SCHEDULE 13G ↗Earnings resultsAug 6 · Form 8-K ↗Quarterly reportAug 6 · Form 10-Q ↗5%+ holder update (passive)Jul 27 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗Shareholder vote resultsJun 17 · Form 8-K ↗

Stock awardTamla A OlivierDirector

2,172 shares

+7% of holdings
Now owns 31,845 shares
Filed 2 days after trade

Jun 15Form 4 ↗

Stock awardJennifer Mary BushDirector

2,172 shares

+5% of holdings
Now owns 49,044 shares
Filed 2 days after trade

Jun 15Form 4 ↗

Stock awardAndrew G MichelmoreDirector

2,172 shares

+2% of holdings
Now owns 91,261 shares
Filed 2 days after trade
Also: Shares withheld for taxes

Jun 15Form 4 ↗

Stock awardErrol GlasserDirector

2,172 shares

+2% of holdings
Now owns 120,869 shares
Filed 2 days after trade

Jun 15Form 4 ↗

Stock awardJarl BerntzenDirector

2,172 shares

+1% of holdings
Now owns 211,123 shares
Filed 2 days after trade

Jun 15Form 4 ↗

Planned insider saleJun 9 · Form 144 ↗Earnings resultsMay 7 · Form 8-K ↗Quarterly reportMay 7 · Form 10-Q ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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