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) Return on assets

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Century Aluminum Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 25.0%, up 23.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.82%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.3% (fiscal 2016) to 16.1% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 1.82% (14.26)
FY2024 16.1% 18.68
FY2023 −2.60% (1.67)
FY2022 −0.93% 10.32
FY2021 −11.3% (2.74)
FY2020 −8.51% (3.19)
FY2019 −5.32% (1.08)
FY2018 −4.24% (7.35)
FY2017 3.11% 18.44
FY2016 −15.3% (12.19)

Against its own ten years

Low −15.3% High 16.1%
Ten-year median −3.14%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
CENX Century Aluminum Company 25.0%
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 16.9%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare 15.6%
ARIS Aris Mining Corporation compare 11.3%
CSTM Constellium SE compare 10.2%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 8.60%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 3.37%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.09%
USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. compare −17.9%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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