Ratio Review: Analyzing Century Aluminum Co (CENX)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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After finishing at $14.99 in the prior trading day, Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) closed at $14.98, down -0.07%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.07 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.89 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $15.7999 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $13.69.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CENX by taking a closer 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 1383015040 and an Enterprise Value of 1869238656. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.55. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.01. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.842 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.199.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for CENX is 2.65, which has changed by -0.11927146 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of -0.028342128 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 -20.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -16.26%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 1.82M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2100790 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. 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 1741910400 were 4639765 with a Short Ratio of 2.55, 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.

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