Century Aluminum CENX Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 12.2%+2.4pp | 9.8%+1.1pp | 8.7%-0.4pp | 9.1%+0.5pp | 8.6%+1.4pp | |
| Operating margin | 18.9%+13.0pp | 5.9%-0.1pp | 6.1%-0.4pp | 6.4%+0.5pp | 5.9%+1.6pp | |
| Net margin | 13.7%+12.1pp | 1.7%-1.7pp | 3.4%-1.5pp | 4.8%-0.2pp | 5.1%-10.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 37.2%+31.7pp | 5.6%— | —— | 17.7%-0.3pp | 18%-46.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.1×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.3×+0.3× | 2×+0.2× | 1.8×0.0× | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.9×+0.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $11.00+30.2% | $8.45+13.0% | $7.48-3.7% | $7.76+6.0% | $7.32+3.8% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $5.81B+58.8% | $3.66B+33.5% | $2.74B+69.2% | $1.62B-5.4% | $1.71B+1.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 16.6×-70.9× | 87.5×+55.3× | 32.2×+18.4× | 13.8×-0.5× | 14.3×+9.3× | |
| Price / sales | 2.3×+0.8× | 1.4×+0.4× | 1.1×+0.4× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 5×+0.5× | 4.5×+0.8× | 3.7×+1.5× | 2.2×-0.1× | 2.4×-0.1× |
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- What are Century Aluminum's profit margins?
- Century Aluminum (CENX) runs a 12.2% gross margin and a 18.9% operating margin, with a 13.7% net margin.
- Where do Century Aluminum's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Century Aluminum's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
