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
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Century Aluminum Company (CENX) Operating margin
Century Aluminum Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 25.6%, up 19.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.25%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.3% (fiscal 2016) to 6.25% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.25% | 1.37 |
| FY2024 | 4.88% | 3.62 |
| FY2023 | 1.26% | 6.67 |
| FY2022 | −5.41% | (8.39) |
| FY2021 | 2.98% | 8.00 |
| FY2020 | −5.02% | (1.09) |
| FY2019 | −3.93% | (0.81) |
| FY2018 | −3.12% | (9.24) |
| FY2017 | 6.12% | 23.40 |
| FY2016 | −17.3% | (15.28) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 28.1% | (29.48) |
| Mar 2026 | 57.6% | 51.47 |
| Dec 2025 | 6.14% | (3.08) |
| Sep 2025 | 9.22% | 6.34 |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| ARIS Aris Mining Corporation compare | 44.7% |
| ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare | 34.6% |
| CENX Century Aluminum Company | 25.6% |
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 15.8% |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 11.1% |
| CSTM Constellium SE compare | 9.15% |
| KNF Knife River Corporation compare | 8.12% |
| ASH Ashland Inc. compare | 5.64% |
| USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 2.88% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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