Century Aluminum (CENX) to Release Earnings on Wednesday

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX - Get Free Report) is expected to be announcing its Q1 2025 earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday, May 7th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.73 per share and revenue of $643.80 million for the quarter.

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The industrial products company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $631.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $515.27 million. Century Aluminum had a return on equity of 13.38% and a net margin of 14.69%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.39 EPS. On average, analysts expect Century Aluminum to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Century Aluminum Stock Down 2.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:CENX traded down $0.37 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $16.92. The company had a trading volume of 339,524 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,378,299. Century Aluminum has a one year low of $11.40 and a one year 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 stock has a market capitalization of $1.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.35 and a beta of 2.70. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $17.49 and its 200-day moving average price is $19.13.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on CENX shares. StockNews.com cut shares of Century Aluminum from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Monday, March 24th. BMO Capital Markets raised Century Aluminum from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $22.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, February 24th.

Insider Activity at Century Aluminum

In other Century Aluminum news, CAO Robert F. Hoffman sold 2,500 shares of Century Aluminum stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.99, for a total value of $49,975.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 64,083 shares in the company, valued at $1,281,019.17. The trade was a 3.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.68% of the company's stock.

About Century Aluminum

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.