In the last trading session, 3.81 million shares of the Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) were traded, and its beta was 2.68. Most recently the company’s share price was $20.60, and it changed around $1.91 or 10.22% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.91B. CENX currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $25.39, offering almost -23.25% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $9.65, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 53.16% since then. We note from Century Aluminum Co’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.66 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.14 million.
Century Aluminum Co stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.67. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 3 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended CENX as a Hold, whereas 2 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Century Aluminum Co is expected to report earnings per share of 0.44 for the current quarter.
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) trade information
Instantly CENX has showed a green trend with a performance of 10.22% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 21.90 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 5.94%. The company’s shares are currently up 13.06% year-to-date, but still up 13.37% over the last five days. On the other hand, Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) is 6.57% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 4.93 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 4.57 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $18, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -14.44% from its current value. Analyst projections state that CENX is forecast to be at a low of $18 and a high of $18.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be -3.71%, down from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 3 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 515.27M in revenue for the current quarter. 1 analysts expect Century Aluminum Co to make 519M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 512.3M and 489.5M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 0.58%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 6.03%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 9.20%. Century Aluminum Co earnings are expected to increase by 420.20% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 92.66% per year for the next five years.
CENX Dividends
Century Aluminum Co’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in March. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 1.84 per year.
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 44.14% of Century Aluminum Co shares, and 60.45% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 108.22%. Century Aluminum Co stock is held by 284.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 10.5703% of the shares, which is about 9.8 million shares worth $164.13 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 6.2892% or 5.83 million shares worth $97.65 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
