Century Aluminum Past Earnings Performance

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Century Aluminum has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 44.4%, while the Metals and Mining industry saw earnings growing at 13.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 6.6% per year. Century Aluminum's return on equity is 46.2%, and it has net margins of 14.6%.

Key information

44.4%

Earnings growth rate

44.5%

EPS growth rate

Metals and Mining Industry Growth29.2%
Revenue growth rate6.6%
Return on equity46.2%
Net Margin14.6%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Century Aluminum makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

DB:EY3 Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 242,102306480
30 Jun 242,108219430
31 Mar 242,123216420
31 Dec 232,185-43420
30 Sep 232,203-175390
30 Jun 232,295-94360
31 Mar 232,576-69300
31 Dec 222,777-14290
30 Sep 222,907148450
30 Jun 222,85157500
31 Mar 222,522-10530
31 Dec 212,213-167650
30 Sep 211,943-263510
30 Jun 211,754-269480
31 Mar 211,628-261510
31 Dec 201,605-123440
30 Sep 201,651-93410
30 Jun 201,697-55420
31 Mar 201,768-49420
31 Dec 191,837-81470
30 Sep 191,888-141470
30 Jun 191,932-141440
31 Mar 191,929-100440
31 Dec 181,893-66400
30 Sep 181,84032460
30 Jun 181,75972510
31 Mar 181,67860480
31 Dec 171,58945450
30 Sep 171,495-157450
30 Jun 171,428-235410
31 Mar 171,366-251410
31 Dec 161,319-252450
30 Sep 161,363-127380
30 Jun 161,484-125400
31 Mar 161,681-146400
31 Dec 151,950-59420
30 Sep 152,11753460
30 Jun 152,163156470
31 Mar 152,098205470
31 Dec 141,931116470
30 Sep 141,78137510
30 Jun 141,680-19450
31 Mar 141,554-66520

Quality Earnings: EY3 has a high level of non-cash earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: EY3 became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: EY3 has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 44.4% per year.

Accelerating Growth: EY3 has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: EY3 has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Metals and Mining industry (-2.3%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: EY3's Return on Equity (46.2%) is considered outstanding.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/06 04:12
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/06 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Century Aluminum Company is covered by 21 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David GaglianoBarclays
Paretosh MisraBerenberg
Katja JancicBMO Capital Markets Equity Research