With 1.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.89 million shares. 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 $23.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.64.
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 down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.15%, but this was down by -6.19% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.85% while six-month performance fell -7.20%. The stock gained 2.31% in the past year, while it has lost -10.10% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CENX yields 3.22 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.83. For the next quarter, that number is 0.50. This implies an EPS growth rate of 175.98% for this year and -7.64% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 93.29 million CENX shares are outstanding with a float of 51.36 million shares on hand for trading.
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.
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 $1.82858 being high and $1.60628 being low. For CENX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.71743. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.07 and the low estimate is $1.07. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.07.
