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CENX Short Interest

Century Aluminum Company
1W: -7.5% 1M: -17.2% 3M: -27.7% YTD: -22.3% 1Y: +6.2% 3Y: +418.8% 5Y: +82.7%
$33.36
+1.56 (+4.91%)
After Hours: $33.68 (+0.32, +0.96%)
Weekly Expected Move ±6.1%
$28 $30 $31 $33 $35
NASDAQ · Basic Materials · Aluminum · Tech Score Sell · Power 37 · $3.1B mcap · 59M float · 3.53% daily turnover · Short 47% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 59% of companies Debt: 13.2% of company value Bonds: $52.4M held by 76 funds, 203 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.60 (down 98%), Century Aluminum Company would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $480.0M against a stock market value of $3.15B.
Distance to default 4.30 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $240.0M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 62.7%; Altman Z 2.92. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
64.0%
Short Ratio
of total volume
52.8%
20-Day Avg
55.6%
50-Day Avg
▼ Falling
5-Day Trend
0.7M
Short Volume
1.1M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 685,239 1,082,622 63.3%
NYSE 43,275 53,409 81.0%
BATS 2,609 6,273 41.6%

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