With 2.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.57 million shares. During the session, the Aluminum company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $23.21 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $21.9517. The 52-week range on CENX shows that it touched its highest point at $25.39 and its lowest point at $11.40 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $22.50. CENX paid its most recent dividend on 1032307200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1032307200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.53.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CENX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.54%, but this was up by 33.23% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 48.32% while six-month performance rose 8.71%. The stock gained 23.66% in the past year, while it has gained 30.16% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CENX yields 1.13 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.42. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of 59.91% for this year and 36.62% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 93.30 million CENX shares are outstanding with a float of 51.32 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-30, short shares totaled 6.32 million, which was 677.0 higher than short shares on 1748563200. In addition to Mr. Jesse E. Gary J.D. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Gunnar Gudlaugsson serves as its Executive Vice President of Global Operations.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.58623004 of CENX’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, CENX reported revenue of $633900000.0 and operating income of $46100000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $65200000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.29.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CENX since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CENX analysts setting a high price target of 24.0 and a low target of 21.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 22.66667. Based on these targets, CENX could surge 6.52% to reach the target high and fall by -6.79% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 0.61% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.71743 being high and $1.71743 being low. For CENX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.71743.
