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Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) closed the day trading at $29.82 up 1.43% from the previous closing price of $29.4. In other words, the price has increased by $1.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.75 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.365 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $28.81.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CENX, let’s 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 26 ’25 when Hafberg Agust F sold 9,493 shares for $27.91 per share. The transaction valued at 264,950 led to the insider holds 55,260 shares of the business.
Hafberg Agust F bought 9,493 shares of CENX for $249,951 on Sep 25 ’25. On Sep 19 ’25, another insider, Calloway Kenneth L, who serves as the SVP, Human Resources of the company, sold 16,450 shares for $27.50 each. As a result, the insider received 452,375 and left with 28,706 shares of the company.
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 2783372544 and an Enterprise Value of 3191372544. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 26.82, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.38. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.52. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.14 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.84. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.312 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.209.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CENX is 2.52, which has changed by 0.86725104 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16766965 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CENX has reached a high of $30.14, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.05. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 25.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 51.26%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CENX traded about 1.67M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CENX traded about 2364600 shares per day. A total of 93.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.58M. Insiders hold about 44.74% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.32% stake in the company. Shares short for CENX as of 1757894400 were 6190902 with a Short Ratio of 3.71, compared to 1755216000 on 5460719. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6190902 and a Short% of Float of 11.72.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Century Aluminum Co (CENX) is currently drawing attention from 1.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.02, with high estimates of $1.02 and low estimates of $1.02.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.35 and $2.35 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.35. EPS for the following year is $3.04, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $3.04 and $3.04.
Revenue Estimates
1 analysts predict $663.7M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $663.7M to a low estimate of $663.7M. As of. The current estimate, Century Aluminum Co’s year-ago sales were $539.1MFor the next quarter, 1 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 1 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CENX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.61B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.61B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.61B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.22BBased on 1 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.92B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.92B and the low estimate is $2.92B.
