On Tuesday, Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) was -2.33% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $18.23. A 52-week range for CENX has been $6.25 – $21.37.
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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 305.05%. With a float of $51.52 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. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 3.07%, operating margin of 0.73%, and the pretax margin is 10.17%.
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 44.47%, while institutional ownership is 60.62%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jun 26 ’24, was worth 972,600. In this transaction President and CEO of this company sold 60,000 shares at a rate of $16.21, taking the stock ownership to the 62,447 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 04 ’24, when Company’s SVP, Strategy & Business Dev’t sold 3,766 for $10.61, making the entire transaction worth $39,957. This insider now owns 59,248 shares in total.
Century Aluminum Co. (CENX) Recent Fiscal highlights
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 6/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted -0.13 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was less than consensus figure (set at -0.12) by -0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.7 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 305.05% 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 0.63. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.78.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.16, a number that is poised to hit 0.29 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.80 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 1.1 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.33 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 56.07%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.83.
During the past 100 days, Century Aluminum Co.’s (CENX) raw stochastic average was set at 64.23%, which indicates a significant increase from 56.72% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.38% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 67.03% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $15.35, while its 200-day Moving Average is $14.90. However, in the short run, Century Aluminum Co.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $18.22. Second resistance stands at $18.63. The third major resistance level sits at $18.90. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.54, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.27. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $16.86.
Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) Key Stats
There are 92,786K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 1.65 billion. As of now, sales total 2,185 M while income totals -43,100 K. Its latest quarter income was 560,800 K while its last quarter net income were -2,500 K.
