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How Century Aluminum Company stacks up
CENX · against 1,320 other Basic Materials companies
Valuation
91/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #114 of 1,321 · scores higher than 91% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score139 peers with a valuation score of 90–100, including CENX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 91?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings yield, EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 61% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 4.6% vs peer median 2.6%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 74% of peers. EBITDA yield: 22.3% vs peer median 8.5%
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 97% of peers. Earnings yield: 18.2% vs peer median 3.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CENX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CENX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 1,281 reported | 17.4% | 3.8% | 97% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 1,352 reported | 13.4% | 8.6% | 74% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 409 reported | 4.6% | 2.6% | 61% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 1,275 reported | 42.5% | 61.0% | 32% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CENX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 577.1B KRW (≈$416M) | 100 | 66 | |
| 1 | 219M MYR (≈$48M) | 100 | 86 | |
| 1 | 63M MYR (≈$14M) | 100 | 68 | |
| 1 | 1.39T ARS (≈$1.4B) | 100 | 53 | |
| 1 | 224.2B CLP (≈$247M) | 100 | 47 | |
| 114 | 87.2B JPY (≈$593M) | 91 | 72 | |
| 114 | 75.7B JPY (≈$515M) | 91 | 59 | |
| 114 | 291M USD | 91 | 59 | |
| 114 | 174M CAD (≈$127M) | 91 | 47 | |
| 114 | 3.3B USD | 91 | 76 | |
| 114 | 50.1B ZAR (≈$2.8B) | 91 | 84 | |
| 114 | 694M BRL (≈$125M) | 91 | 57 | |
| 114 | 1.17T IDR (≈$73M) | 91 | 69 | |
| 114 | 10.3B USD | 91 | 68 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score