Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) is 8.29% higher 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 continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CENX stock was last observed hovering at around $19.42 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.31%.
Currently trading at $19.73, the stock is 18.53% and 18.38% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.44 million and changing 1.60% at the moment leaves the stock 9.88% off its SMA200. CENX registered 7.64% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.58%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.6662 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.9557.
The stock witnessed a 20.45% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.06%, and is 22.32% 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 9.52% over the week and 5.28% over the month.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) has around 2971 employees, a market worth around $1.84B and $2.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.40 and Fwd P/E is 8.79. Profit margin for the company is 4.89%. Distance from 52-week low is 73.01% and -22.29% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.80%).
with sales reaching $606.1M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 86.19% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.18% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 8.08% in year-over-year returns.
320.0 institutions hold shares in Century Aluminum Co (CENX), with institutional investors hold 105.22% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 93.30M, and float is at 51.37M with Short Float at 12.64%. Institutions hold 58.96% 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).
