Century Aluminum Co [CENX] stock is trading at $20.25, up 4.84%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The CENX shares have gain 17.12% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -8.62%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Century Aluminum Co [NASDAQ: CENX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 03, 2024, when Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $27 for it. Previously, B. Riley Securities upgraded its rating to Buy on January 09, 2024, and elevated its price target to $14. On December 18, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Peer Perform. Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Underperform but stick to its price target of $6 on July 11, 2023. B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $12 remained the price target by the analyst firm on March 01, 2023. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to Peer Perform for this stock on February 24, 2023. In a note dated September 30, 2022, Wolfe Research downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $4.
Century Aluminum Co [CENX] stock has fluctuated between $9.65 and $25.39 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $18 within the next 12 months. Century Aluminum Co [NASDAQ: CENX] shares were valued at $20.25 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -11.11% based on the average CENX price forecast.
Analyzing the CENX fundamentals
Century Aluminum Co [NASDAQ:CENX] reported sales of 2.10B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -1.12%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.08% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.17, Equity is 0.58 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.75.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 19.33 points at the first support level, and at 18.41 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 20.76, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 21.26.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Century Aluminum Co’s Current Ratio is 1.71. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.56, and the Cash Ratio is 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.89, the price to book ratio is 2.88 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 6.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Gary Jesse E, President and CEO, that happened on Dec 27 ’24 when 50000.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, Gary Jesse E completed a deal on Dec 26 ’24 to sell 29243.0 shares. Meanwhile, Affiliate Jesse E. Gary bought 79243.0 shares on Dec 26 ’24.
