Century Aluminum has the Lowest Enterprise Value to Sales Ratio in the Aluminum Industry
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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The three companies in the Aluminum industry with the lowest Enterprise Value (EV) to Sales ratios are listed by Financial News Network Online (FNNO). EV/Sales gives investors an idea of how much it costs to buy the company's sales and the lower the ratio, the more undervalued the company is believed to be. Century Aluminum is lowest with EV/Sales of 0.52. Century Aluminum Company produces primary aluminum, in both molten and ingot form, through facilities located in the United States. The Company owns and operates a reduction facility in Ravenswood, West Virginia, and owns a partial interest in a reduction facility in Mt. Holly, South Carolina. Century is also the operating partner of a reduction facility in Hawesville, Kentucky. In the past 52 weeks, Century Aluminum share prices have been bracketed by a low of $6.51 and a high of $16.55 and are now at $7.26, 12% above that low price. Over the last five market days, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone down 0.6% while the 50-day MA has declined 1.6%.
Following is Noranda Aluminum with EV/Sales of 0.67 and finishing up the bottom three is Alcoa with EV/Sales of 0.68.