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As of close of business last night, Century Aluminum Co’s stock clocked out at $19.73, up 1.60% from its previous closing price of $19.42. In other words, the price has increased by $1.60 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.44 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of CENX’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.63 and its Current Ratio is at 1.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.66 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.63.
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:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. 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:
As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.40, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.79. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.55. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.78 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.53.
Stock Price History:
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 18.38%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.88%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 93.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.37M. Insiders hold about 44.94% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 57.34% stake in the company.
