Century Aluminum Co (CENX) Earnings Preview For Thursday
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) is anticipated to report earnings after the closing bell on February 23, 2012.
Who They Are:
Century Aluminum Company, through its subsidiaries, produces primary aluminum in the United States, Iceland, and internationally. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Monterey, California. Century Alum Co trades an average of 1.3 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $935.46 Million.
52 Week High: $20.76
52 Week Low: $7.25
Book Value: $12.64
Float Short: 13.54%
What To Expect:
On average, 8 analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.55 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.30. The estimated mean earnings are $-0.25 per share .
The lates analyst estimates are coming in between $-0.33 and $-0.10 per share.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Century Aluminum Co. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
From a month ago, the stock has increased in price 2.79%, and -37.16% from one year ago.
With a double digit gain compared to stocks in general, the stock shares did very well as compared to the overall stock market. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year up to date change is 15.75%.
Revenue year-over-year has increased to $1.17 billion for 2010 vs. $899.25 million for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $59.97 million for 2010 vs. $-205.98 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $102.98 million for 2010 vs. $-97.46 million for 2009.
The short interest is relatively high at 13.54%.
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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