Century Aluminum Delays 2025 Annual SEC Filing
Century Aluminum ( (CENX) ) has released a notification of late filing.
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Century Aluminum Company has filed a Form 12b-25 to notify investors of a delayed Form 10-K (Yearly Report) for the year ended December 31, 2025. The company’s annual filing is being pushed back because of an accounting change related to its majority-owned Jamalco joint venture in Jamaica.
The delay stems from a shift in how Century Aluminum accounts for the Jamalco Production Assets and related asset retirement and other liabilities. Instead of proportionate consolidation, the company will now fully consolidate these assets, following comments from Securities and Exchange Commission staff on its recent filings.
Century Aluminum states that it expects to submit the 2025 Form 10-K (Yearly Report) as promptly as possible and within the 15-day extension window allowed under Form 12b-25. The company has already reflected the new accounting treatment in its unaudited 2025 and fourth-quarter figures included in a recent earnings release.
Management emphasizes that the accounting change will not affect net income attributable to Century stockholders, total Century stockholders’ equity, non-GAAP metrics such as adjusted EBITDA, debt covenant compliance, or executive and employee compensation. However, investors should note that total assets, noncontrolling interests, and total equity will increase, while gross profit will be modestly lower, by less than 10% in each period due to higher depreciation and amortization.
The company has already published preliminary unaudited financial information under the new approach, but it stresses that these disclosures involve forward-looking elements and will be formalized in the upcoming 2025 Form 10-K (Yearly Report). The restated historical financials in that report will align with the presentation already given in the fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release.
Century Aluminum underscores its intention to remain in full compliance with SEC reporting requirements and notes that all other required periodic reports over the past year have been filed. The late-filing notice is signed by Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Peter Trpkovski, who is authorized to act on behalf of the company.
The most recent analyst rating on (CENX) stock is a Buy with a $68.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Century Aluminum stock, see the CENX Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on CENX Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, CENX is a Neutral.
The score is driven primarily by strong technical momentum and a bullish, catalyst-rich earnings update with improving guidance and recovery timelines. Offsetting these positives are only moderate underlying financial quality (thin TTM margins and uneven cash-flow history) and a stretched valuation (high P/E with no dividend support).
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More about Century Aluminum
Average Trading Volume: 2,195,359
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: $4.79B
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