Century Aluminum price to free cash flow CENX

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2013.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 20.6×
10-year median: 48.9×
Against its 10-year history: 9th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 8.5× to 407×
Peer median: 19.7×

Century Aluminum's price to free cash flow is 20.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 48.9×, lower than on 91% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.5× in Oct 2020 to 407× in Jun 2018.

The median for 10 materials stocks of a similar size is 19.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 48.9×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	20.6×	20.6×	239×
2025	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2024	157×	116×	157×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	48.3×	36.1×	56.6×
2020	40.8×	8.5×	44.5×
2019	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018	294×	42.6×	407×
2017	42.0×	28.6×	73.3×
2016	9.2×	3.4×	9.2×
2015	4.9×	1.3×	9.2×
2014	63.6×	45.9×	65.9×
2013	47.9×	20.6×	47.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Basic Materials nearest Century Aluminum's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
CENXCentury Aluminum	20.6×
WORWorthington Enterprises	16.0×
CSTMConstellium	14.4×
USLMUnited States Lime & Minerals	34.9×
KNFKnife River	70.0×
CALMCal-Maine Foods	n/m
WDFCWD 40	35.9×
SMGScotts Miracle-Gro	13.1×
FULFuller H B	26.7×
AVNTAvient	19.7×
CBTCabot	13.6×
Peer median	19.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.