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After finishing at $27.57 in the prior trading day, Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) closed at $27.35, down -0.80%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.80 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.62 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $27.525 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.47.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CENX by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.61 and its Current Ratio is at 1.75. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.67 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.62.
On December 03, 2024, Wolfe Research Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Peer Perform but kept the price unchanged to $27. B. Riley Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on January 09, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $10 to $14.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 15 ’25 when Calloway Kenneth L bought 16,450 shares for $26.35 per share.
Aboud Matt sold 12,027 shares of CENX for $279,868 on Aug 12 ’25. The SVP, Strategy & Business Dev’t now owns 62,589 shares after completing the transaction at $23.27 per share. On Aug 12 ’25, another insider, Aboud Matt, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 12,027 shares for $23.04 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CENX now has a Market Capitalization of 2572426240 and an Enterprise Value of 2960824832. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.00. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.48. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.05 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.52. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.217 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.327.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CENX is 2.50, which has changed by 0.7782835 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1675967 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CENX has reached a high of $28.43, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.05. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 20.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 40.26%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.57M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2093670 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 93.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.56M. Insiders hold about 44.76% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.93% stake in the company. Shares short for CENX as of 1756425600 were 6046001 with a Short Ratio of 3.85, compared to 1753920000 on 6669344. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6046001 and a Short% of Float of 11.450000000000001.
Earnings Estimates
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) is currently under the scrutiny of 1.0 analysts, each contributing to the ongoing evaluation of its stock.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.19, with high estimates of $1.19 and low estimates of $1.19.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.29 and $2.29 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.29. EPS for the following year is $2.76, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $2.76 and $2.76.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $646.85M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $663.7M to a low estimate of $630M. As of the current estimate, Century Aluminum Co’s year-ago sales were $539.1MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $687.9M. There is a high estimate of $687.9M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $687.9M.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CENX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.61B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.51B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.56B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.22BBased on 2 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.64B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.92B and the low estimate is $2.37B.
