On Monday, Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) was 7.71% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $16.48. A 52-week range for CENX has been $5.70 – $17.86.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 5.29%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -50.51%. With a float of $51.10 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $92.69 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 2939 employees.
Century Aluminum Co. (CENX) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Century Aluminum Co. stocks. The insider ownership of Century Aluminum Co. is 44.70%, while institutional ownership is 64.85%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 04 ’24, was worth 39,957. In this transaction SVP, Strategy & Business Dev’t of this company sold 3,766 shares at a rate of $10.61, taking the stock ownership to the 59,248 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 28 ’23, when Company’s SVP, Finance and Treasurer sold 13,908 for $12.32, making the entire transaction worth $171,347. This insider now owns 41,998 shares in total.
Century Aluminum Co. (CENX) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 17.75 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -50.51% per share during the next fiscal year.
Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Century Aluminum Co. (CENX) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.38. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.75. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 154.73.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.52, a number that is poised to hit -0.14 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.05 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Century Aluminum Co. (CENX)
Looking closely at Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX), its last 5-days average volume was 1.52 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.46 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 61.03%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.92.
During the past 100 days, Century Aluminum Co.’s (CENX) raw stochastic average was set at 92.17%, which indicates a significant increase from 81.87% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 46.92% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 63.03% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $12.50, while its 200-day Moving Average is $9.44. However, in the short run, Century Aluminum Co.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $18.53. Second resistance stands at $19.31. The third major resistance level sits at $19.98. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.08, it is likely to go to the next support level at $16.41. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $15.63.
Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) Key Stats
There are 92,696K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 1.64 billion. As of now, sales total 2,185 M while income totals -43,100 K. Its latest quarter income was 512,300 K while its last quarter net income were 30,000 K.
