Century Aluminum Company

CENX Basic Materials Aluminum

Century Aluminum Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 13.9% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+19.7%
EPS
+5,140.0%
Free cash flow
+779.3%
Total debt
+4.05%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

30.22 2.58 −7.87%
Market cap
$3.0B
P/E
5.0×
Fwd P/E
2.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.26
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
n/a

Century Aluminum Company (CENX) Free cash flow margin

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Century Aluminum Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 13.2%, up 9.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.35%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.03% (fiscal 2018) to 3.35% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 3.35% 8.06
FY2024 −4.71% (6.37)
FY2023 1.66% 3.81
FY2022 −2.15% 4.51
FY2021 −6.66% (8.60)
FY2020 1.94% 4.22
FY2019 −2.28% 5.75
FY2018 −8.03% (10.18)
FY2017 2.15% 0.84
FY2016 1.31% 2.48

Against its own ten years

Low −8.03% High 3.35%
Ten-year median −1.17%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 16.3%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare 15.0%
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 14.3%
ARIS Aris Mining Corporation compare 13.8%
CENX Century Aluminum Company 13.2%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 8.18%
CSTM Constellium SE compare 3.17%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 0.30%
USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. compare 0.00%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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