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The closing price of Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) was $22.82 for the day, up 0.15% from the previous closing price of $22.78. In other words, the price has increased by $0.15 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.15 million shares were traded. CENX stock price reached its highest trading level at $22.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $22.075.
Ratios:
Our analysis of CENX’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. 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:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. 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 2129176832 and an Enterprise Value of 2531275776. As of this moment, Century’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 20.12, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.64. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.90 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.93. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.07 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.199.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CENX is 2.55, which has changed by 0.4798962 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16564083 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 23.54%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 21.48%.
Shares Statistics:
CENX traded an average of 1.58M shares per day over the past three months and 1866730 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 93.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.32M. Insiders hold about 45.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 57.07% stake in the company. Shares short for CENX as of 1751241600 were 6318254 with a Short Ratio of 4.00, compared to 1748563200 on 6205844. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6318254 and a Short% of Float of 11.97.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.84.
