CENX - Century Aluminum Company
Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. It also owns and operates a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $57.06, ATM IV 75.7%, max pain $60.00, net GEX $1.6M.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Aluminum
- Market Cap
- $6.37B
- P/E Ratio
- 18.22
- Beta
- 1.92
- 52-Week Range
- 15.13-68.69
- CEO
- Jesse E. Gary
- Employees
- 2,971
- IPO Date
- Mar 29, 1996
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What CENX Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 49.8% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($1.6M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.007) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The CENX overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked CENX overview questions
- What is CENX?
- CENX is the ticker symbol for Century Aluminum Company, a listed security. Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. It also owns and operates a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands. Listed on NASDAQ. CENX is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the CENX options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the CENX options snapshot shows spot at $57.06, ATM IV 75.7%, IV rank 49.8%, max pain $60.00, net GEX $1.6M, expected move 21.70%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are CENX's key statistics?
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX) carries a market capitalization of $6.37B, trailing P/E ratio of 18.22, beta of 1.92 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 15.13-68.69. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does CENX belong to?
- Century Aluminum Company operates in the Basic Materials sector, in the Aluminum industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare CENX's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the CENX data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).