Century Aluminum (CENX) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Century Aluminum's (CENX) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.21 in Q1 2026, down 7.21% YoY from 0.22 in Q1 2025, and down 14.9% on a QoQ basis from 0.24 in Q4 2025.

Century Aluminum (CENX) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Century Aluminum (CENX) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.21 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 7.21% year-over-year to 0.21 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.21 (down 7.21% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.24, up 14.52% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio fell to 0.21 in Q1 2026, from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.36 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.02 in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.16 and a median of 0.19 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Debt Ratio surged 505.87% — and 2025, when it tumbled 90.97%.
  • Tracing CENX's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.36 in 2022, then sank by 40.75% to 0.21 in 2023, then fell by 0.66% to 0.21 in 2024, then advanced by 14.52% to 0.24 in 2025, then fell by 14.9% to 0.21 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.21 (Q1 2026), 0.24 (Q4 2025), and 0.06 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Alcoa 14.25 Bn 12.82 Bn 999.00 Mn 0.13
2 Century Aluminum 5.19 Bn 4.84 Bn 227.90 Mn 0.17
3 Constellium Se 4.07 Bn 3.91 Bn 480.00 Mn 0.32
4 Kaiser Aluminum 3.17 Bn 3.11 Bn 199.00 Mn 0.36

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.17
Mar 31, 2026 0.21
Dec 31, 2025 0.24
Sep 30, 2025 0.06
Jun 30, 2025 0.02
Mar 31, 2025 0.22
Dec 31, 2024 0.21
Jun 30, 2024 0.24
Mar 31, 2024 0.23
Dec 31, 2023 0.21
Sep 30, 2023 0.05
Jun 30, 2023 0.04
Mar 31, 2023 0.18
Dec 31, 2022 0.36
Sep 30, 2022 0.16
Jun 30, 2022 0.02
Mar 31, 2022 0.15
Sep 30, 2021 0.16
Jun 30, 2021 0.17
Mar 31, 2021 0.18