Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) shares, rose in value on Thursday, May 08, with the stock price down by -1.96% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $15.51.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $15.82. The PE ratio was 13.61 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $25.39, and the low was $11.40. On the whole, CENX has fluctuated by 13.21% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Century Aluminum Co currently standing at about $1.45 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in June.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that CENX’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 0.29, with the price of CENX currently trading nearly -4.19% and -11.25% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 41.68, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 5.45% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 6.26%. Furthermore, Century Aluminum Co (CENX)’s beta value is 2.64, and its average true range (ATR) is 1.07.
A comparison of Century Aluminum Co (CENX) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. CENX showed an intraday change of -1.96% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -10.86%%.
Data on historical trading for Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 1.91 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 93.30 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 44.95% of Century Aluminum Co’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 57.45% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -14.87% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the CENX stock heading into the next quarter.
