Century Aluminum Co’s filing revealed that its President and CEO Gary Jesse E unloaded Company’s shares for reported $7.23 million on Jan 23 ’26. In the deal valued at $48.19 per share,150,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Gary Jesse E now holds 292,580 shares worth roughly $14.25 million.
Then, Jesse E. Gary bought 300,000 shares, generating $14,490,000 in total proceeds.
Before that, GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL AG sold 9,000,000 shares. Century Aluminum Co shares valued at $272,250,000 were divested by the 10% Owner at a price of $30.25 per share. As a result of the transaction, GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL AG now holds 18,500,000 shares, worth roughly $901.13 million.
Wells Fargo initiated its Century Aluminum Co [CENX] rating to an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BMO Capital Markets’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late February from “a Market perform” to “an Outperform”. Wolfe Research also remained covering CENX and has increased its forecast on December 03, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Peer perform” rating. B. Riley Securities revised its rating on January 09, 2024. It rated CENX as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of CENX
On Friday, Century Aluminum Co [NASDAQ:CENX] saw its stock jump 0.85% to $48.71. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.45%. Century Aluminum Co shares have risen nearly 149.92% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 24.32% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Century Aluminum Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Century Aluminum Co stocks on 2025-12-31, growing by 0.23 million shares to a total of 7.61 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 7.38 million shares. There was a rise of 3.01%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
