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Century Aluminum

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Relative Risk vs. Return Landscape

If you would invest  657  in Century Aluminum Co on April 18, 2013 and sell it today you would earn a total of  218.00  from holding Century Aluminum Co or generate 33.18% return on investment over 30 days. Century Aluminum Co is currenly generating 1.47% of daily expected returns and assumes 3.72% risk (volatility on return distribution) over the 30 days horizon. In different words, 49% of equities are less volatile than Century Aluminum Co and 15% of traded equity instruments are projected to make higher returns than the company over the 30 days investment horizon.
Daily Expected Return (%)
 
Risk [Daily Volatility] (%)
Given investment horizon of 30 days, Century Aluminum Co is expected to generate 6.76 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 6.76 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.4 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The S&P 500 is currently generating roughly 0.65 per unit of risk.

Century Operating Margin

Based on recorded statements Century Aluminum Co has Operating Margin of -0.57%. This is 96.4% lower than that of Basic Materials sector, and 95.02% lower than that of Aluminum industry, The Operating Margin for all stocks is 83.28% lower than the firm.
A good Operating Margin is required for a company to be able to pay for its fixed costs or pay out its debt which implies that the higher the margin, the better. This ratio is most effective in evaluating the earning potential of a company over time when comparing it against firm's competitors.

Century Return On Equity vs Return On Asset

Century Aluminum Co is rated fifth in return on equity category among related companies. It is rated fourth in return on asset category among related companies .
Century
Performance
21
Out Of
100
Over 30
Days
79% of all equities and portfolios perform better than Century Aluminum Co. Compared with the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Century Aluminum Co are ranked lower than 21 (%) of all global equities and portfolios over the last 30 days.
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1 Month Efficiency (a.k Sharpe Ratio) ...

0.39

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Estimated Market Risk

 3.72
  actual daily
 
 51 %
of total potential
 
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Expected Return

 1.47
  actual daily
 
 85 %
of total potential
 
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Risk-Adjusted Return

 0.39
  actual daily
 
 21 %
of total potential
 
Risk-Adjusted Return score
Based on monthly moving average Century is performing at about 21% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of Century by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.
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