Century Aluminum CENX Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 12.2%+3.6pp | 9.8%+2.7pp | 8.7%+2.0pp | 9.1%+6.6pp | 8.6%+6.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 18.9%+13.0pp | 5.9%+1.6pp | 6.1%+2.1pp | 6.4%+6.4pp | 5.9%+6.0pp | |
| Net margin | 13.7%+8.7pp | 1.7%-13.5pp | 3.4%— | 4.8%— | 5.1%— | |
| EBITDA margin | 22.5%+12.7pp | 9.6%+1.4pp | 9.4%+1.2pp | 10%+5.7pp | 9.7%+5.9pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 37.2%+19.2pp | 5.6%-58.6pp | —— | 17.7%— | 18%— | |
| Return on assets | 14.6%+8.8pp | 1.9%-14.3pp | 3.9%— | 5.7%— | 5.8%— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.1×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 4.2×0.0× | 4.3×+0.2× | 7.3×+0.1× | 4.5×+0.3× | 4.2×-0.3× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.3×+0.4× | 2×+0.2× | 1.8×— | 1.8×+0.1× | 1.9×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.4×+0.7× | 1×+0.4× | 0.8×— | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.4×+0.3× | 0.3×+0.2× | 0.3×— | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×-0.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $11.00+50.3% | $8.45+19.8% | $7.48— | $7.76+19.7% | $7.32+20.1% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $5.81B+239% | $3.66B+116% | $2.74B+82.0% | $1.62B+4.3% | $1.71B+20.1% | |
| Price / earnings | 16.6×+2.3× | 87.5×+82.5× | 32.2×— | 13.8×— | 14.3×— | |
| Price / sales | 2.3×+1.6× | 1.4×+0.7× | 1.1×+0.4× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | |
| Price / book | 5×+2.7× | 4.5×+2.1× | 3.7×— | 2.2×-0.3× | 2.4×0.0× | |
| Earnings yield | 6%-1.0pp | 1.1%-18.8pp | 3.1%— | 7.3%— | 7%— | |
| PEG ratio | 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.
