Alcoa vs Century Aluminum
AA and CENX side by side, both in primary metal industries. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AA and CENX compare
Alcoa is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as Century Aluminum ($10.3B against $3.3B).
On earnings, Century Aluminum is cheaper: it trades at 5.8× trailing earnings, against 6.8× for Alcoa.
Alcoa grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.2% versus 9.7% for Century Aluminum).
Century Aluminum keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 22.6% compared with 10.7% at Alcoa.
Alcoa pays a dividend yielding 1.0%; Century Aluminum does not pay one.
Century Aluminum scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 15 for Alcoa), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AA | CENX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.3B | $3.3B |
| Share price | $39.19 | $33.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 0.72% | 17.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −18.1% | 156% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.69 | 2.19 |
| Employees | 15K | 2,906 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 | 5 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 6.8× | 5.8× (better) |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | – | 2.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.4× | 4.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.6× (better) | 22.1× |
| FCF yield | 8.6% (better) | 4.5% |
| Fair value | $98.71 | $90.89 |
| Margin of safety | 60.3% | 62.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.2% (better) | 9.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.7% | 9.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 33.3% | 413% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 408% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.9% (better) | 18.9% |
| Operating margin | – | 25.3% |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 22.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 6.2% (better) | 5.7% |
| Return on equity | – | 56.7% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 61.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.17 | – |
| Current ratio | 2.31 | 2.75 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.59 | 3.06 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | – |
| Payout ratio | 6.9% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 77.9% | 107% |
| Held by insiders | 0.45% | 71.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.3M (better) | −$625M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.5% | 32.7% |
Go deeper
- AA stock overview
- AA income statement
- AA valuation and score
- CENX stock overview
- CENX income statement
- CENX valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.