Century Aluminum Company
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
11.7612.86
Price/Sales ratio
0.870.86
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.87$1.71

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
19.26-8.07-2.9535.29-9.67-8.65-8.01-8.94-53.40-26.02-62.69-8.65
Price/Sales ratio
1.120.190.561.070.330.360.610.670.260.510.310.36
Price/Book Value ratio
1.980.370.982.060.840.981.803.541.873.152.210.84
Price/Cash Flow ratio
11.0312.0919.5145.22-9.2637.7023.01-23.0828.8610.6234.13-9.26
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
15.30-16.8845.90107.35-4.21-15.9233.46-10.11-12.37105.82-14.63-15.92
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.050.05-0.00-0.300.03-0.59-0.13-0.260.58-0.12-0.69-0.59
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
10.48%2.11%-0.83%8.09%-1.20%-1.30%-2.27%5.61%1.68%4.20%1.68%-1.20%
Operating Profit Margin
7.29%-2.00%-17.75%5.90%-3.11%-3.94%-4.74%2.98%0.90%1.45%0.33%-3.11%
Pretax Profit Margin
6.70%-2.10%-19.01%3.48%-3.72%-4.65%-7.86%-8.93%1.20%-3.05%1.20%-3.72%
Net Profit Margin
5.82%-2.44%-19.13%3.05%-3.49%-4.19%-7.67%-7.54%-0.50%-1.97%-0.50%-3.49%
Effective Tax Rate
14.13%-22.55%-1.12%13.69%0.28%9.82%2.45%15.48%141.91%21.85%141.91%0.28%
Return on Assets
5.58%-2.72%-16.38%3.07%-4.30%-5.14%-8.80%-10.63%-0.95%-2.33%-0.95%-4.30%
Return On Equity
10.30%-4.68%-33.35%5.85%-8.68%-11.42%-22.56%-39.66%-3.50%-12.12%-3.07%-8.68%
Return on Capital Employed
8.19%-2.46%-17.20%6.74%-4.49%-5.71%-6.57%6.45%2.35%2.93%0.86%-4.49%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.022.672.452.902.252.081.89N/AN/AN/A1.652.08
Quick Ratio
1.061.291.151.230.720.710.680.350.670.380.300.71
Cash ratio
0.550.680.730.870.170.160.330.050.130.110.130.16
Days of Sales Outstanding
20.355.038.0412.2820.2819.9113.9314.669.4228.299.4219.91
Days of Inventory outstanding
59.8544.3464.0979.3465.4962.8964.7274.3853.3083.1653.3062.89
Operating Cycle
80.2049.3772.1391.6285.7782.8078.6689.0562.73111.4555.6382.80
Days of Payables Outstanding
31.9717.3026.0525.5122.7419.0423.5932.5922.3643.5022.3619.04
Cash Conversion Cycle
48.2332.0746.0866.1163.0263.7655.0756.4540.3667.950.2063.76
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.120.140.160.160.180.200.220.280.350.250.720.18
Debt Equity Ratio
0.230.250.330.300.360.440.571.071.321.332.680.36
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.180.190.240.230.240.280.340.430.480.540.500.24
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.180.200.250.230.260.300.360.510.560.570.570.26
Interest Coverage Ratio
6.39-0.37-2.483.65-2.83-2.87-2.54N/AN/AN/A0.31-2.83
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.770.120.140.14-0.240.050.13-0.140.040.220.04-0.24
Company Equity Multiplier
1.841.722.031.902.012.222.563.723.685.193.682.01
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.100.010.020.02-0.030.000.02-0.020.000.040.00-0.03
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.72-0.710.420.422.20-2.360.682.28-2.330.10-2.33-2.36
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.770.120.140.14-0.240.050.13-0.140.040.220.04-0.24
Short Term Coverage Ratio
25.134.074.884.86-2.220.551.54-0.530.172.460.17-2.22
Dividend Payout Ratio
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