Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX - Get Free Report) will likely be issuing its quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Wednesday, February 19th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.42 per share and revenue of $515.27 million for the quarter. Parties interested in listening to the company's conference call can do so using this link.
Century Aluminum Stock Down 2.1 %
CENX traded down $0.45 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $20.94. 1,357,403 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,287,429. Century Aluminum has a fifty-two week low of $9.65 and a fifty-two week high of $25.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 1.71 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The company has a market cap of $1.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.00 and a beta of 2.50. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $19.42 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $17.84.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, CEO Jesse E. Gary sold 29,243 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.97, for a total value of $554,739.71. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 50,753 shares in the company, valued at approximately $962,784.41. This represents a 36.56 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.68% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts recently issued reports on the stock. B. Riley lifted their price target on shares of Century Aluminum from $22.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of Century Aluminum from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Wolfe Research raised Century Aluminum from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $27.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Century Aluminum from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, November 9th.
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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.
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