Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland.
Short Term Liabilities: CENX's short term assets ($474.1M) exceed its short term liabilities ($212.3M).
Long Term Liabilities: CENX's short term assets ($474.1M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($589.6M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: CENX's debt to equity ratio (43.1%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: CENX's debt to equity ratio has increased from 24.1% to 43.1% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: CENX has a high level of physical assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: CENX's debt is covered by short term assets (assets are 1.6x debt).
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: CENX has less than a year of cash runway based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: Insufficient data to determine if CENX has enough cash runway if its free cash flow continues to grow or shrink based on historical rates.
What is Century Aluminum's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Current dividend yield vs market & industry
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate CENX's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate CENX's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if CENX's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if CENX's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of CENX's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
What is the CEO of Century Aluminum's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
1.4yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
MikeBless(54yo)
8.1yrs
Tenure
US$6,491,022
Compensation
Mr. Michael A. Bless, also known as Mike, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at Century Aluminum Company since November 2011. Previously, Mr. Bless served as Chief Financial Officer of Cent ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Mike's total compensation ($USD6.49M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD2.63M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Mike's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Management Age and Tenure
1.4yrs
Average Tenure
44yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: CENX's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Age and Tenure
5.9yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: CENX's board of directors are considered experienced (5.9 years average tenure).
Insider Trading
Insider Buying: CENX insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
SellUS$413,00012 Nov 19
Michael Bless
Entity
Individual
Role
Chief Executive Officer
President
Shares
50,000
Max Price
US$8.26
SellUS$127,44008 Nov 19
Jesse Gary
Entity
Individual
Role
Chief Operating Officer
COO, Executive VP & General Counsel
Shares
15,244
Max Price
US$8.36
BuyUS$28,90020 Jun 19
Andrew Michelmore
Entity
Individual
Role
Chairman of the Board
Non-Executive Chairman
Shares
5,000
Max Price
US$5.78
SellUS$224,00025 Mar 19
Michael Bless
Entity
Individual
Role
Chief Executive Officer
President
Shares
25,000
Max Price
US$8.96
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Management Team
Mike Bless (54yo)
President
Tenure: 8.1yrs
Compensation: US$6.49m
Morgan Walbridge
Deputy General Counsel
Tenure: 0.7yrs
Jesse Gary (39yo)
COO, Executive VP & General Counsel
Tenure: 0.7yrs
Compensation: US$2.64m
Shelly Harrison (44yo)
Senior VP of Finance & Treasurer
Tenure: 12.8yrs
Compensation: US$896.62k
John Hoerner (62yo)
Executive VP of North American Operations
Tenure: 5.8yrs
Compensation: US$2.04m
Peter Trpkovski
Finance Manager
Tenure: 0yrs
Craig Conti (41yo)
Executive VP & CFO
Tenure: 1.4yrs
Compensation: US$1.14m
Elisabeth Indriani
Global Controller & Principal Accounting Officer
Tenure: 1.3yrs
Board Members
Andrew Michelmore (66yo)
Non-Executive Chairman
Tenure: 1.2yrs
Compensation: US$155.33k
Mike Bless (54yo)
President
Tenure: 8.1yrs
Compensation: US$6.49m
Errol Glasser (66yo)
Independent Director
Tenure: 5.9yrs
Compensation: US$218.46k
Jarl Berntzen (52yo)
Independent Director
Tenure: 13.8yrs
Compensation: US$221.84k
Wilhelm Van Jaarsveld (35yo)
Independent Director
Tenure: 2yrs
Company Information
Century Aluminum Company's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquar ...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2019/12/07 23:34
End of Day Share Price
2019/12/06 00:00
Earnings
2019/09/30
Annual Earnings
2018/12/31
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