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Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) closed the day trading at $18.60 down -1.64% from the previous closing price of $18.91. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.64 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.39 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.16 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.43.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CENX, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.57 and its Current Ratio is at 1.73. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.79 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.69.
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 Mar 20 ’25 when Hoffman Robert F sold 5,000 shares for $20.24 per share. The transaction valued at 101,200 led to the insider holds 59,083 shares of the business.
Hoffman Robert F sold 2,500 shares of CENX for $49,975 on Mar 14 ’25. The SVP, IT and CAO now owns 64,083 shares after completing the transaction at $19.99 per share. On Mar 17 ’25, another insider, Hoffman Robert F, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 12,000 shares for $20.50 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 1716655360 and an Enterprise Value of 2201956096. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 5.78, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.01. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.10. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.77 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.50. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.992 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.836.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CENX is 2.60, which has changed by 0.25845742 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10063088 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CENX has reached a high of $25.39, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $11.40. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.74%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.50%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CENX traded about 1.68M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CENX traded about 1506780 shares per day. A total of 93.29M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 50.82M. Insiders hold about 44.94% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 57.86% stake in the company. Shares short for CENX as of 1741910400 were 4639765 with a Short Ratio of 3.04, compared to 1739491200 on 4805913. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4639765 and a Short% of Float of 11.16.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.84.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 2.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.81, with high estimates of $0.81 and low estimates of $0.81.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.05 and $1.95 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.5. EPS for the following year is $1.83, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $1.83 and $1.83.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $602.15M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $642.3M to a low estimate of $562M. As of the current estimate, Century Aluminum Co’s year-ago sales were $489.5MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $666.3M. There is a high estimate of $666.3M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $666.3M.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CENX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.6B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.23B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.42B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.22BBased on 2 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.52B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.84B and the low estimate is $2.19B.
