Century Aluminum (CENX) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026)
Century Aluminum (CENX) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 20.53% in Q2 2026, up 17.04 percentage points from 3.49% a year earlier and up 7.85 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Century Aluminum (CENX) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Century Aluminum reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 0.72%, down 14.07 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +9.22 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 14.78% in FY2024 (+18.02 pp), -3.23% in FY2023 (-2.31 pp), -0.93% in FY2022 (+10.33 pp) and -11.25% in FY2021 (-2.76 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to Q1 2011.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.51 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 28.26 percentage points in Q3 2022, against a drop of 21.00 percentage points in Q3 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 12.68% (Q1 2026), 0.33% (Q4 2025) and 2.03% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 193.68 Bn | 159.81 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 166.32 Bn | 145.19 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 24.66% |
| 3 | Newmont | 120.84 Bn | 89.01 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 15.21% |
| 4 | Ternium | 110.94 Bn | 75.99 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 3.02% |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 99.52 Bn | 95.67 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 7.74% |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 90.25 Bn | 90.25 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 16.10% |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 67.10 Bn | 51.84 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 24.54% |
| 8 | Nucor | 53.52 Bn | 44.06 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 8.97% |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 49.13 Bn | 30.16 Bn | - | 1.88% |
| 10 | Century Aluminum | 3.56 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 227.90 Mn | 20.53% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 20.53% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.68% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.03% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.49% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.51% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.35% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.34% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.99% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -10.91% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -6.43% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -4.90% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.92% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.09% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.86% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.57% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -10.92% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -18.16% |
API Access
Century Aluminum Return on Assets [ROA] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CENX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CENX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();