Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) is -17.70% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $11.40 and a high of $25.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CENX stock was last observed hovering at around $17.46 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.47%.
Currently trading at $14.99, the stock is -20.05% and -21.00% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.27 million and changing -14.12% at the moment leaves the stock -16.21% off its SMA200. CENX registered -10.64% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -8.03%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $18.9824 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.89715.
The stock witnessed a -17.02% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.37%, and is -19.21% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.47% over the week and 6.49% over the month.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) has around 2971 employees, a market worth around $1.38B and $2.22B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 4.66 and Fwd P/E is 4.55. Profit margin for the company is 14.46%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.49% and -40.94% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.44%).
with sales reaching $584.65M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 199.70% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.10% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 19.44% in year-over-year returns.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) Top Institutional Holders
310.0 institutions hold shares in Century Aluminum Co (CENX), with institutional investors hold 106.38% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 93.29M, and float is at 50.81M with Short Float at 9.13%. Institutions hold 58.92% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.8 million shares valued at $164.13 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.5703% of the CENX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.83 million shares valued at $97.65 million to account for 6.2892 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 3.67 million shares representing 3.9537% and valued at over $61.39 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 3.1797 of the shares totaling 2.95 million with a market value of $49.37 million.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hoffman Robert F, the company’s SVP, IT and CAO. SEC filings show that Hoffman Robert F sold 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 20 ’25 at a price of $20.24 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 59083.0 shares.
Century Aluminum Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 14 ’25 that Hoffman Robert F (SVP, IT and CAO) sold a total of 2,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 14 ’25 and was made at $19.99 per share for $49975.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 64083.0 shares of the CENX stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 17 ’25, Hoffman Robert F (Officer) Proposed Sale 12,000 shares at an average price of $20.50 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Century Aluminum Co (CENX).
