Century Aluminum Company

CENX stock score: 56/100

$34.52 · +3.04% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
49
Fundamental
63
News
34

The reading

Century Aluminum Company (CENX) scores 56 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 58% of Basic Materials stocks and 60% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 49, fundamentals 63.

Among the fundamentals, Fair Value at 100 and Price Target at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Annual) at 4 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 28 and contrarian oscillators 62 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is negative at 34; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 51 to 73, and it is up 2 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward CENX’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

63

Pulling it up

  • Fair Value100

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)4

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)10

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • Price to Book Ratio21

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

30

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Chaikin Money Flow (20)90

    Chaikin Money Flow (20-period) measures buying and selling pressure over 20 periods.

  • Bollinger Bands (50)83

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • SMA 2000

    Simple Moving Average (200-period) is the most widely followed long-term trend indicator.

  • SMA 1000

    Simple Moving Average (100-period) provides a longer-term perspective on price trends.

61 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
34

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly561
Daily303
Weekly422
Monthly632
Quarterly682

Composite score, last 90 days

05010056Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 54Jul 25, 2026: 69Jul 26, 2026: 70Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 68Jul 29, 2026: 52Jul 30, 2026: 55Jul 31, 2026: 54Aug 2, 2026: 51Aug 3, 2026: 53Aug 5, 2026: 52Aug 6, 2026: 52Aug 7, 2026: 63Aug 8, 2026: 65Aug 9, 2026: 66Aug 10, 2026: 67Aug 11, 2026: 67Aug 12, 2026: 64Aug 13, 2026: 62Aug 14, 2026: 62Aug 15, 2026: 63Aug 16, 2026: 62Aug 17, 2026: 63Aug 18, 2026: 60Aug 19, 2026: 60Aug 20, 2026: 59Aug 22, 2026: 59Aug 23, 2026: 59Aug 24, 2026: 59Aug 25, 2026: 59Aug 26, 2026: 59Aug 27, 2026: 61Aug 28, 2026: 62Aug 29, 2026: 63Aug 30, 2026: 63Aug 31, 2026: 61Sep 1, 2026: 63Sep 2, 2026: 64Sep 3, 2026: 73Sep 4, 2026: 62Sep 5, 2026: 62Sep 6, 2026: 62Sep 7, 2026: 62Sep 8, 2026: 64Sep 9, 2026: 63Sep 10, 2026: 58Sep 11, 2026: 58Sep 12, 2026: 58Sep 13, 2026: 58Sep 14, 2026: 56Sep 15, 2026: 56Sep 16, 2026: 56Sep 17, 2026: 57Sep 18, 2026: 56Sep 19, 2026: 56Sep 20, 2026: 56Sep 21, 2026: 56Sep 22, 2026: 58Sep 23, 2026: 58Sep 24, 2026: 57Sep 25, 2026: 57Sep 26, 2026: 57Sep 27, 2026: 57Sep 28, 2026: 56Sep 29, 2026: 54Sep 30, 2026: 55Oct 1, 2026: 55Oct 2, 2026: 55Oct 3, 2026: 55Oct 4, 2026: 55Oct 5, 2026: 57Oct 6, 2026: 57Oct 7, 2026: 55Oct 8, 2026: 56Oct 9, 2026: 57Oct 10, 2026: 57Oct 11, 2026: 57Oct 12, 2026: 55Oct 13, 2026: 54Oct 14, 2026: 54Oct 15, 2026: 55Oct 16, 2026: 56Oct 17, 2026: 56Oct 18, 2026: 56Oct 19, 2026: 55Oct 20, 2026: 54Oct 21, 2026: 56
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Key facts

Market cap
$3.4B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Aluminum
Beta
2.08
Risk grade (1–10)
5
Next earnings
Nov 5, 2026

Aluminum peers

CompanyMarket capScore
AA Alcoa$10.7B57
CSTM Constellium SE$3.5B64
KALU Kaiser Aluminum$2.5B64

Questions

What is CENX's stock score today?

CENX scores 56/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 49, fundamental 63, and news sentiment 34, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is CENX a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 56 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the CENX score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 61 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.