Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) has a beta value of 2.56 and has seen 1.04 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.70B, closed the last trade at $18.40 per share which meant it lost -$0.16 on the day or -0.86% during that session. The CENX stock price is -37.99% off its 52-week high price of $25.39 and 38.04% above the 52-week low of $11.40. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.52 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.75 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Century Aluminum Co (CENX) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 1 have rated it as a Hold, with 0 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) trade information
Sporting -0.86% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the CENX stock price touched $18.40 or saw a rise of 6.07%. Year-to-date, Century Aluminum Co shares have moved 0.99%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.08%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) have changed 2.11%. Short interest in the company has seen 4.64 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.07.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $18, which means that the shares’ value could drop -2.22% from current levels. The projected low price target is $18.0 while the price target rests at a high of $18.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is 2.17% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 2.17% from current levels.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 13.93% over the past 6 months.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 199.70% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 60.86%.
CENX Dividends
Century Aluminum Co is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-19 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX)’s Major holders
Insiders own 44.61% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 58.91% with a share float percentage of 106.36%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Century Aluminum Co having a total of 310.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.8 million shares worth more than $164.13 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 10.5703% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 5.83 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $97.65 million and represent 6.2892% of shares outstanding.
