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The price of Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) closed at $14.65 in the last session, up 2.66% from day before closing price of $14.27. In other words, the price has increased by $2.66 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.91 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.67 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.351.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CENX’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.63 and its Current Ratio is at 1.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.80 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.75.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, B. Riley Securities on January 09, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $14 from $10 previously.
Wolfe Research Downgraded its Peer Perform to Underperform on July 11, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $6.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 26 ’24 when Gary Jesse E sold 60,000 shares for $16.21 per share. The transaction valued at 972,600 led to the insider holds 62,447 shares of the business.
Aboud Matt sold 3,766 shares of CENX for $39,957 on Mar 04 ’24. The SVP, Strategy & Business Dev’t now owns 59,248 shares after completing the transaction at $10.61 per share. On Dec 28 ’23, another insider, Trpkovski Peter A, who serves as the SVP, Finance and Treasurer of the company, sold 13,908 shares for $12.32 each. As a result, the insider received 171,347 and left with 41,998 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 1359310464 and an Enterprise Value of 1779809792. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.78, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.65. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.64 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.26. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.844 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.124.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, CENX has reached a high of $21.37, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.13%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.04%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CENX traded on average about 1.38M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1038710 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 92.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.53M. Insiders hold about 44.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.81% stake in the company. Shares short for CENX as of 1724976000 were 5820504 with a Short Ratio of 4.23, compared to 1722384000 on 4752279. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5820504 and a Short% of Float of 13.84.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.84.
