Barclays sets USD 40.00 target for Century Aluminum stock

Published on 10/15/2026 at 21:13 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Adjusted earnings per share reached USD 2.46 in the second quarter, beating consensus by USD 0.13. Century Aluminum stock costs EUR 30.36 on October 15, 2026.

Analyst and earnings update

Barclays initiated coverage with an Equalweight rating and a USD 40.00 target on October 14, 2026.
Adjusted earnings per share reached USD 2.46 in the second quarter of 2026, USD 0.13 above consensus.
Century Aluminum stock costs EUR 30.36 at Lang & Schwarz on October 15, 2026 at 9:08 p.m. CEST.
Century Aluminum is scheduled to report third-quarter 2026 earnings on November 9, 2026.

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Barclays initiated coverage of Century Aluminum with an Equalweight rating and a USD 40.00 price target on October 14, 2026, according to Investing.com. Against the USD 34.11 primary-market price at the finance snapshot, the target stands 17.27 percent higher. Century Aluminum was trading at EUR 30.36 at Lang & Schwarz on October 15, 2026 at 9:08 p.m. CEST.

Second-quarter earnings beat estimates

Century Aluminum reported adjusted earnings per share of USD 2.46 for the second quarter of 2026, beating consensus by USD 0.13. Revenue reached USD 752.10 million, below the USD 818.65 million expectation, according to Investing.com. The earnings mix therefore remains uneven: profitability exceeded estimates while sales fell short.

Stock stays below its yearly high

Century Aluminum traded at USD 34.11 on Nasdaq on October 15, 2026 at 3:11 p.m. EDT. Its USD 25.40 to USD 70.43 52-week range places the price 51.57 percent below the high and 34.29 percent above the low. Volume stood at 1,169,494 shares against a 1,903,410-share average.

Valuation and next reporting date

The company had a market capitalization of USD 3.4 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.90 on October 15, 2026. MarketWatch lists November 9, 2026 as the next third-quarter earnings date and shows seven analyst ratings with an average target of USD 61.33.

Comparison with peers

CENX (Nasdaq, USD): P/E 5.90, market capitalization USD 3.4 billion
Alcoa (NYSE, USD): plus 0.87 percent, P/E 8.22, market capitalization USD 10.7 billion
Constellium (NYSE, USD): plus 0.51 percent, P/E 6.55, market capitalization USD 3.5 billion

Price and market position

The euro quotation sits well below the comparable USD 52-week high, while the primary-market valuation remains lower than the larger Alcoa benchmark. The next scheduled earnings date gives the market a defined calendar point for reassessing the contrast between earnings strength and weaker revenue.

Century Aluminum was trading at EUR 30.36 at Lang & Schwarz on October 15, 2026 at 9:08 p.m. CEST. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Century Aluminum stock.