Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX): Are We Watching A Disaster Or Are We Buying A Gold Mine?

In the last trading session, 1.23 million shares of the Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ:CENX) were traded, and its beta was 2.62. Most recently the company’s share price was $17.99, and it changed around $0.1 or 0.56% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.66B. CENX currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $18.64, offering almost -3.61% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $5.70, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 68.32% since then. We note from Century Aluminum Co.’s average daily trading volume that its 3-month average coming to 1.43 million.

Century Aluminum Co. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.33. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 4 recommended CENX as a Hold, whereas 1 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Century Aluminum Co. is expected to report earnings per share of $CONSOL Energy Inc. for the current quarter.

Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ:CENX) trade information

Instantly CENX has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.56% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The company’s shares are currently up 48.19% year-to-date, but still up 1.35% over the last five days. On the other hand, Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ:CENX) is 42.10% up in the 30-day period.

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $14.67, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -22.63% from its current value. Analyst projections state that CENX is forecast to be at a low of $6 and a high of $24.

Century Aluminum Co. (CENX) estimates and forecasts

Century Aluminum Co. share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 193.47 percent over the past six months and at a 65.96% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 10.10%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 9.20%.

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Century Aluminum Co.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in May.