Century Aluminum is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. produces primary aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities, or smelters in the United States and Iceland. Co.'s subsidiaries include: Century Kentucky, Inc., which operates aluminum reduction facility in Hawesville, KY; Nordural Grundartangi ehf, which operates aluminum reduction facility in Grundartangi, Iceland; Century Aluminum Sebree LLC, which operates a primary aluminum reduction facility in Robards, KY; Century Aluminum of South Carolina, which operates a primary aluminum reduction facility in Goose Creek, SC; and Nordural Helguvik ehf, which owns a greenfield primary aluminum project in Helguvik, Iceland. We show 48 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our CENX shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute CENX market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing CENX market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing CENX's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of CENX versus a peer is one thing; comparing
CENX market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like CENX can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching CENX by allowing them to research the CENX market cap history. |
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