Century Aluminum Company is an aluminum business based in the US. Century Aluminum Company shares (CENX) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Century Aluminum Company employs 2,939 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.1 billion.
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| Latest market close | $13.64 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $5.70 - $21.37 |
| 50-day moving average | $15.46 |
| 200-day moving average | $13.80 |
| Wall St. target price | $18.50 |
| PE ratio | 5.7156 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.11 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $13.64 from 2024-09-13
| 1 week (2024-09-06) | 12.73% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-08-14) | 1.49% |
| 3 months (2024-06-14) | -10.50% |
| 6 months (2024-03-14) | 15.69% |
| 1 year (2023-09-14) | 79.71% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-09-14) | 83.58% |
| 3 years (2021-09-14) | 7.23% |
| 5 years (2019-09-13) | 93.48% |
Valuing Century Aluminum Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Century Aluminum Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Century Aluminum Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, Century Aluminum Company shares trade at around 6x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Century Aluminum Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $98.2 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Century Aluminum Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $2.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 1.14% |
| Gross profit TTM | $46.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.47% |
| Return on equity TTM | 41.45% |
| Profit margin | 10.4% |
| Book value | $6.49 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Century Aluminum Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, Century Aluminum Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.7 up to $21.37. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Century Aluminum Company's is 2.474. This would suggest that Century Aluminum Company's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Century Aluminum Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production of standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products in the United States and Iceland. It also owns and operates an alumina production facility in Iceland, and a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. .
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