Should investors be concerned about CENX’s high price-to-sales ratio?

Arcelia Reed

In the current trading session, Century Aluminum Co’s (CENX) stock is trading at the price of $27.41, a gain of 1.90% over last night’s close. So, the stock is trading at a price that is 1.72% less than its 52-week high of $26.95 and 110.06% better than its 52-week low of $13.05.

It is also essential to consider CENX stock ratios like the price-to-sales ratio, which is 1.05 for the last year.CENX’s price to book ratio for the most recent quarter was 3.53, resulting in an 58.82 price to cash per share for the period.

How does Century Aluminum Co (CENX) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?

The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1.

Century Aluminum Co (CENX): Earnings History

If we examine Century Aluminum Co’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 6/30/2025, it posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.3, beating the consensus of $0.33. In other words, it topped the consensus by -$0.03, resulting in a -9.09% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 6/30/2025, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of $0.3 in contrast with the Outlook of $0.33. That was a difference of -$0.03 and a surprise of -9.09%.

Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) Ownership Details

I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Century Aluminum Co (CENX). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 43.95% of shares. A total of 320 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 61.86% of its stock and 110.37% of its float.

Jul 31, 2025, it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF holding total of 3.12 shares that make 3.34% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 86.07 million.

The securities firm SPDR SERIES TRUST-SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF holds 1.68 shares of CENX, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 1.80%, and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 46.26 million.

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