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As of close of business last night, Century Aluminum Co’s stock clocked out at $16.03, up 2.76% from its previous closing price of $15.60. In other words, the price has increased by $2.76 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.85 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $16.645 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.77.
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 0.57 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:
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:
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 1479461632 and an Enterprise Value of 1964762368. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.98, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.87. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.67 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.15. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.885 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.669.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CENX is 2.71, which has changed by -0.08399999 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07019031 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 -13.99%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.27%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that CENX traded 1.90M shares on average per day over the past three months and 2378110 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 93.29M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 50.81M. Insiders hold about 44.95% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 57.84% stake in the company. Shares short for CENX as of 1743379200 were 5332631 with a Short Ratio of 2.80, compared to 1740700800 on 5107291. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5332631 and a Short% of Float of 12.83.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.84.
