Century Aluminum Co cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Century Aluminum Co's operations generated $185m of cash; it spent $100m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $84.8m.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Century Aluminum Co: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Cash from operations	39	132	−3	37	20	208	32	38	52	−69	18	43	−65	26	106	−25	185	341
Depreciation and amortisation	73	64	62	63	67	71	80	85	84	90	83	83	83	73	79	87	92	84
Stock-based pay	3	−3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	7	10	21	−1	7	15	47	45
Capital spending	17	12	20	18	68	55	55	22	32	83	60	13	83	86	95	82	100	190
Free cash flow	22	119	−23	19	−48	153	−23	16	20	−152	−42	30	−148	−60	11	−107	85	151
Free cash flow after stock pay	19	122	−26	19	−49	151	−25	15	18	−156	−48	20	−169	−60	4	−122	38	106
Share buybacks	0	0	46	4	0	0	36	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Shares issued	103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Century Aluminum Co: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Cash from operations	20	−41	72	8	2	103	68	168
Depreciation and amortisation	23	22	24	23	14	30	23	17
Stock-based pay	2	7	2	1	1	33	9	2
Capital spending	23	13	21	24	20	35	75	60
Free cash flow	−2	−55	51	−16	−18	68	−6	108
Free cash flow after stock pay	−4	−62	49	−17	−19	35	−16	106

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from Century Aluminum Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Century Aluminum Co.