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) Operating margin

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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

Against its own ten years

Low −17.3% High 6.25%
Ten-year median −2.00%
Current reading's percentile 100

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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