Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Century Aluminum Co before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Century Aluminum Co’s stock price such as:

• Century Aluminum Co’s current stock price and volume
• Why Century Aluminum Co’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for CENX from analysts
• CENX’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Century Aluminum Co (CENX)

Before we jump into Century Aluminum Co’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently dip, let’s take a look at some background.

Century Aluminum Company is a global producer of primary aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities, or smelters. The Company operates in the United States and Iceland. The Company's primary aluminum reduction facilities produce primary aluminum products. The Company's annual production capacity is approximately 1,016,000 tons per year (tpy). In addition to its primary aluminum assets, it owns a carbon anode production facility located in the Netherlands (Vlissingen). Carbon anodes are consumed in the production of primary aluminum. Vlissingen supplies carbon anodes to its aluminum smelter in Grundartangi, Iceland. Each of its aluminum smelters in the United States produces anodes at on-site facilities. Through its Natur-Al product line, it provides low-carbon aluminum products. The Grundartangi facility, located in Grundartangi, Iceland, is an aluminum reduction facility owned and operated by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nordural Grundartangi ehf.

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What Caused Century Aluminum Co Stock’s Price to Dip?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of August 30, 2024, there was 1 analyst who downgraded Century Aluminum Co’s stock and 0 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Century Aluminum Co’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Century Aluminum Co’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Century Aluminum Co’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a C, which means it is considered to be Average.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Century Aluminum Co (CENX) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Century Aluminum Co

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of August 30, 2024, Century Aluminum Co has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 7.73%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 85 and is considered to be Very Strong.

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Century Aluminum Co Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of September 3, 2024, Century Aluminum Co’s stock price is $13.04, which is down 9.19% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Century Aluminum Co stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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