Financial Health Check: Examining Century Aluminum Co (CENX)’s Key Ratios

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Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) closed the day trading at $16.69 down -14.99% from the previous closing price of $19.64. In other words, the price has decreased by -$14.99 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.84 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.28 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $16.68.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of CENX, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.56 and its Current Ratio is at 1.71. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.75 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.69.

On January 09, 2024, B. Riley Securities Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral and also upped its target price recommendation 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 Dec 27 ’24 when Gary Jesse E sold 50,000 shares for $18.48 per share. The transaction valued at 924,000 led to the insider holds 753 shares of the business.

Gary Jesse E sold 29,243 shares of CENX for $554,740 on Dec 26 ’24. The President and CEO now owns 50,753 shares after completing the transaction at $18.97 per share. On Dec 26 ’24, another insider, Jesse E. Gary, who serves as the Affiliate of the company, bought 79,243 shares for $19.01 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 1549275904 and an Enterprise Value of 2252269312. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 5.44, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.29. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.74 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.38. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.072 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.142.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for CENX is 2.50, which has changed by 0.70190644 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23883796 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 $9.65. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -19.22%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.42%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, CENX traded about 1.12M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CENX traded about 1020200 shares per day. A total of 92.80M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.11M. Insiders hold about 44.93% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.38% stake in the company. Shares short for CENX as of 1735603200 were 4732895 with a Short Ratio of 4.24, compared to 1732838400 on 4231339. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4732895 and a Short% of Float of 11.25.

Dividends & Splits

The 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 $0.57, with high estimates of $0.65 and low estimates of $0.49.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.15 and $0.9 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.02. EPS for the following year is $2.06, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $2.4 and $1.71.

Revenue Estimates

3 analysts predict $515.27M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $560.8M to a low estimate of $485M. As of the current estimate, Century Aluminum Co’s year-ago sales were $512.3MFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $519M. There is a high estimate of $519M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $519M.

A total of 3 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CENX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.15B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.07B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.1B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.19BBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.28B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.53B and the low estimate is $2.1B.

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