Century Aluminum (CENX) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)
Century Aluminum's Net Margin came in at 33.15% for Q2 2026, up 33.88 percentage points from -0.73% a year earlier but down 18.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Century Aluminum (CENX) Net Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Century Aluminum reported Net Margin of 22.60%, up 18.03 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 1.58%, down 12.78 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin carries a five-year change of +9.26 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Net Margin was 14.36% in FY2024 (+16.34 pp), -1.97% in FY2023 (-1.46 pp), -0.51% in FY2022 (+7.04 pp) and -7.55% in FY2021 (+0.13 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Net Margin is -20.29% (Q4 2022) to 51.99% (Q1 2026).
- Year-over-year, Net Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +5.28 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Net Margin over five years came in Q1 2024 (a gain of 54.71 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2025 (a drop of 43.27 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CENX's Net Margin at 51.99% (Q1 2026), 0.32% (Q4 2025) and 2.23% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 179.45 Bn | 145.58 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 169.08 Bn | 147.94 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 38.94% |
| 3 | Newmont | 122.31 Bn | 90.49 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 35.99% |
| 4 | Ternium | 109.20 Bn | 74.25 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 7.92% |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 103.31 Bn | 99.46 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 14.00% |
| 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 | 35.75% |
| 8 | Nucor | 55.48 Bn | 46.02 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 11.12% |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 53.16 Bn | 34.19 Bn | - | 12.31% |
| 10 | Century Aluminum | 3.70 Bn | 2.96 Bn | 227.90 Mn | 33.15% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 33.15% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 51.99% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.32% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.23% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.73% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.45% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.78% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.31% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.45% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 47.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.86% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -7.70% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.23% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -6.99% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -20.29% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.53% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.10% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.20% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.16% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -9.01% |
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Century Aluminum Net Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=CENX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-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=net-margin&ticker=CENX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();