Century Aluminum (CENX) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)
Century Aluminum's FCF Margin came in at 14.36% for Q2 2026, up 16.89 percentage points from -2.53% a year earlier and up 15.35 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Century Aluminum (CENX) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Century Aluminum reported FCF Margin of 5.67%, up 6.57 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 3.35%, up 8.17 percentage points from FY2024.
- FCF Margin carries a five-year change of +1.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, FCF Margin was -4.81% in FY2024 (-5.30 pp), 0.49% in FY2023 (+2.66 pp), -2.17% in FY2022 (+4.50 pp) and -6.68% in FY2021 (-8.51 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly FCF Margin since Q1 2015.
- Year-over-year, FCF Margin increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.73 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in FCF Margin over five years came in Q3 2021 (a gain of 19.86 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2021 (a drop of 15.62 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CENX's FCF Margin at -0.99% (Q1 2026), 10.68% (Q4 2025) and -2.86% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 179.45 Bn | 145.58 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 169.08 Bn | 147.94 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 36.51% |
| 3 | Newmont | 122.31 Bn | 90.49 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 36.04% |
| 4 | Ternium | 109.20 Bn | 74.25 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 15.83% |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 103.31 Bn | 99.46 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 13.43% |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 92.04 Bn | 92.04 Bn | 2.43 Bn | - |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 68.84 Bn | 53.58 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 54.67% |
| 8 | Nucor | 55.48 Bn | 46.02 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 7.97% |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 53.16 Bn | 34.19 Bn | - | 12.31% |
| 10 | Century Aluminum | 3.70 Bn | 2.96 Bn | 227.90 Mn | 14.36% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 14.36% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.99% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.68% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -2.86% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -2.53% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.06% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -8.65% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.45% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.96% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -9.09% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -4.17% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.62% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -8.95% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -4.68% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.63% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.51% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -13.64% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.63% |
API Access
Century Aluminum FCF Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=CENX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "CENX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=CENX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();