Century Aluminum (CENX) Total Debt (2010 - 2026)
Century Aluminum (CENX) reported Total Debt of $480 million for Q2 2026, down 1.8% from $488.8 million a year earlier and down 21.6% from the prior quarter.
Century Aluminum (CENX) Total Debt (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Century Aluminum posted Total Debt of $548.3 million, up 3.8% from FY2024.
- Total Debt has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 15.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Total Debt came in at $528.2 million in FY2024 (+10.2%), $479.2 million in FY2023 (-10.5%), $535.5 million in FY2022 (+111.2%) and $253.6 million in FY2021 (-3.6%).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Total Debt since Q4 2023.
- Year over year, Total Debt gained in four of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 3.7%.
- The high point for year-over-year Total Debt in five years was Q1 2024 (growth of 129.2%); the low point was Q1 2025 (a decline of 18.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $612 million (Q1 2026), $548.3 million (Q4 2025) and $618.5 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Debt (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 179.45 Bn | 145.58 Bn | - | -401.00 Mn |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 169.08 Bn | 147.94 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 7.99 Bn |
| 3 | Newmont | 122.31 Bn | 90.49 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 5.08 Bn |
| 4 | Ternium | 109.20 Bn | 74.25 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 7.81 Bn |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 103.31 Bn | 99.46 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 9.39 Bn |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 92.04 Bn | 92.04 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 196.83 Mn |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 68.84 Bn | 53.58 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 15.00 Mn |
| 8 | Nucor | 55.48 Bn | 46.02 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 7.10 Bn |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 53.16 Bn | 34.19 Bn | - | 23.45 Bn |
| 10 | Century Aluminum | 3.70 Bn | 2.96 Bn | 227.90 Mn | 480.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 480.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 612.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 548.30 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 618.50 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 488.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 482.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 528.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 480.40 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 593.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 479.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 512.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 254.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 259.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 535.50 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 254.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 254.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 253.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 253.60 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 253.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 255.40 Mn |
Century Aluminum Total Debt API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "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=total-debt&ticker=CENX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();