Century Aluminum
CENX · Aluminum
$31.42
3.8%NewMarket
NEU · Specialty Chemicals
$870.60
0.7%The short version
- NewMarket is the larger business, with $2.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.5B for Century Aluminum.
- Century Aluminum grew revenue faster (13.9%, against −2.2%).
- NewMarket kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (20.0% operating margin, against 6.3% operating margin).
- NewMarket turned more of its sales into free cash flow (18.0% FCF margin, against 3.4% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of NewMarket’s earnings: a P/E of 18.7x against 5.4x for Century Aluminum.
| Latest fiscal year | CENX · FY25 | NEU · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | $8.0B |
| Revenue | $2.5B | $2.7B |
| Free cash flow | $84.8M | $491M |
| Net income | $41.8M | $419M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 13.9% | −2.2% |
| 5-year growth | 9.5% | 6.3% |
| Share count change | −3.2% | −1.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 10.1% | 31.5% |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 20.0% |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 15.4% |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | 18.0% |
| Return on capital | — | 16.3% |
| Return on equity | 5.6% | 25.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | $824M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 1.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $183M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 5.4x | 18.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 5 |
FY16
CENX $1.3B
NEU $2.0B
FY17
CENX $1.6B
NEU $2.2B
FY18
CENX $1.9B
NEU $2.3B
FY19
CENX $1.8B
NEU $2.2B
FY20
CENX $1.6B
NEU $2.0B
FY21
CENX $2.2B
NEU $2.4B
FY22
CENX $2.8B
NEU $2.8B
FY23
CENX $2.2B
NEU $2.7B
FY24
CENX $2.2B
NEU $2.8B
FY25
CENX $2.5B
NEU $2.7B
CENX
NEU
FY16
CENX −17.3%
NEU 17.3%
FY17
CENX 6.1%
NEU 14.7%
FY18
CENX −3.1%
NEU 12.8%
FY19
CENX −3.9%
NEU 15.4%
FY20
CENX −5.0%
NEU 15.5%
FY21
CENX 3.0%
NEU 10.9%
FY22
CENX −5.4%
NEU 12.9%
FY23
CENX 1.3%
NEU 17.9%
FY24
CENX 4.9%
NEU 21.2%
FY25
CENX 6.3%
NEU 20.0%
CENX
NEU
FY16
CENX $16.3M
NEU $211M
FY17
CENX $19.7M
NEU $94.1M
FY18
CENX −$152M
NEU $123M
FY19
CENX −$41.9M
NEU $278M
FY20
CENX $29.5M
NEU $191M
FY21
CENX −$148M
NEU $86.4M
FY22
CENX −$60.4M
NEU $52.5M
FY23
CENX $10.6M
NEU $529M
FY24
CENX −$107M
NEU $462M
FY25
CENX $84.8M
NEU $491M
CENX
NEU
FY16
CENX −17.9%
NEU 31.9%
FY17
CENX 9.4%
NEU 20.4%
FY18
CENX −5.0%
NEU 20.6%
FY19
CENX −6.1%
NEU 21.8%
FY20
CENX −9.4%
NEU 20.9%
FY21
CENX 11.1%
NEU 14.6%
FY22
CENX −12.5%
NEU 17.9%
FY23
CENX 2.8%
NEU 22.9%
FY24
CENX —
NEU 23.3%
FY25
CENX —
NEU 16.3%
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