Century Aluminum Co [CENX] stock is trading at $32.01, down -2.73%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CENX shares have gain 13.96% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 22.97%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Outperform on February 24, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $22. On December 03, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $27 on the stock. B. Riley Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $14 on January 09, 2024. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on July 11, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $6. In a note dated March 01, 2023, B. Riley Securities downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $12.
Century Aluminum Co [CENX] stock has fluctuated between $13.05 and $33.25 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $37 within the next 12 months. Century Aluminum Co [NASDAQ: CENX] shares were valued at $32.01 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.59% based on the average CENX price forecast.
Analyzing the CENX fundamentals
Century Aluminum Co [NASDAQ:CENX] reported sales of 2.43B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 12.00%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.1% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.12. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.66.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Century Aluminum Co’s Current Ratio is 1.75. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.61, while the Cash Ratio is 0.09. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.23, the price to book ratio is 4.12 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 28.79.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Hafberg Agust F, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer, that happened on Sep 26 ’25 when 9493.0 shares were sold. Officer, Hafberg Agust F completed a deal on Sep 25 ’25 to buy 9493.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP, Human Resources Calloway Kenneth L sold 16450.0 shares on Sep 19 ’25.
