Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) is -4.61% 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 $15.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.5%.
Currently trading at $17.38, the stock is 6.37% and 0.03% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.62 million and changing 9.45% at the moment leaves the stock -1.85% off its SMA200. CENX registered 3.08% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.93%.
The stock witnessed a 18.72% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.63%, and is 6.11% up 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 5.62% over the week and 5.08% over the month.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) has around 2971 employees, a market worth around $1.62B and $2.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.32 and Fwd P/E is 7.74. Profit margin for the company is 4.89%. Distance from 52-week low is 52.40% and -31.55% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.80%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 86.19% this year.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 93.30M, and float is at 51.36M with Short Float at 10.08%.
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).
