Century Aluminum Co Earnings Preview For Tuesday's Release (CENX)
Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) is scheduled to release last fiscal quarter's results after the closing bell on April 24, 2012. Let's take a look at how Century Aluminum Co has done in recent quarters.
Who They Are:
Century Aluminum Company, through its subsidiaries, produces primary aluminum in the United States, China, and Iceland. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Monterey, California.
Book Value: $11.69
Float Short: 15.42%
What To Expect:
Analysts estimate an advancement of $0.13 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $-0.31. A beat of $-0.18 per share will top the estimated mean earnings.
Currently, $-0.28 on the low end and $0.09 per share on the high side is what market participants are anticipating in the report.
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 decreased in price -10.06%, and changing from last year at this time -52.78%.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -10.74%.
Revenue year-over-year has decreased to $1.36 billion for 2011 vs. $1.17 billion for 2010. The bottom line has falling earnings year-over-year of $11.33 million for 2011 vs. $59.97 million for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are falling with an EBIT year-over-year of $47.30 million for 2011 vs. $102.98 million for 2010.
The short interest is relatively high at 15.42%.
Here are 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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