Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) on Tuesday, soared 0.72% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $18.87. Within the past 52 weeks, CENX’s price has moved between $9.65 and $25.39.
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A company in the Basic Materials sector has jumped its sales by 5.29% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 423.23%. With a float of $51.57 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $92.80 million.
In an organization with 2939 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 7.52%, operating margin of 4.92%, and the pretax margin is 15.02%.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Aluminum industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Century Aluminum Co is 44.43%, while institutional ownership is 60.51%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 05 ’24, was worth 477,000. In this transaction EVP – Global Operations of this company sold 20,000 shares at a rate of $23.85, taking the stock ownership to the 107,932 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 05 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 20,000 for $23.95, making the entire transaction worth $479,000.
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 423.23% per share during the next fiscal year.
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) Trading Performance Indicators
Century Aluminum Co (CENX) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.56 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.84.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.07, a number that is poised to hit 0.59 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.37 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Century Aluminum Co (CENX)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.32 million. That was better than the volume of 1.3 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 25.45%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.07.
During the past 100 days, Century Aluminum Co’s (CENX) raw stochastic average was set at 54.35%, which indicates a significant increase from 20.98% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 36.44% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 62.35% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $20.43, while its 200-day Moving Average is $16.97. However, in the short run, Century Aluminum Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $19.19. Second resistance stands at $19.38. The third major resistance level sits at $19.58. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $18.80, it is likely to go to the next support level at $18.60. The third support level lies at $18.41 if the price breaches the second support level.
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 1.76 billion based on 92,799K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 2,185 M and income totals -43,100 K. The company made 539,100 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 47,300 K in sales during its previous quarter.
