Alcoa is an aluminum business based in the US. Alcoa shares (AA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $25.07 – a decrease of 0.48% over the previous week. Alcoa employs 13,900 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.7 billion.
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| Latest market close | $25.07 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $21.53 - $47.62 |
| 50-day moving average | $29.52 |
| 200-day moving average | $35.41 |
| Wall St. target price | $36.62 |
| PE ratio | 6.8262 |
| Dividend yield | $0.4 (1.57%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.74 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $25.53 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-29) | 1.35% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-07) | 3.82% |
| 3 months (2025-02-07) | -29.32% |
| 6 months (2024-11-07) | -44.12% |
| 1 year (2024-05-07) | -32.05% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-03) | N/A |
| 3 years (2022-05-06) | 59.055 |
| 5 years (2020-05-06) | 243.39% |
Valuing Alcoa stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Alcoa's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Alcoa's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 7x. In other words, Alcoa shares trade at around 7x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Alcoa's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.3 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Alcoa's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $12.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 20.96% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.18% |
| Return on equity TTM | 15.35% |
| Profit margin | 6.79% |
| Book value | $22.46 |
| Market Capitalization | $6.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Alcoa.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 37.81
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Alcoa's overall score of 37.81 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 64th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Alcoa is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 24.32/100
Alcoa's environmental score of 24.32 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Alcoa is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 15.12/100
Alcoa's social score of 15.12 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Alcoa is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 9.37/100
Alcoa's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Alcoa is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 3/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Alcoa scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Alcoa hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.
Alcoa Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 37.81 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 63.78 |
| Environmental score | 24.32 |
| Environmental score percentile | 8 |
| Social score | 15.12 |
| Social score percentile | 8 |
| Governance score | 9.37 |
| Governance score percentile | 8 |
| Level of controversy | 3 |
Dividend payout ratio: 10.2% of net profits
Recently Alcoa has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Alcoa shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Alcoa's case, that would currently equate to about $0.4 per share.
While Alcoa's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Alcoa is investing more in its future growth.
Alcoa's most recent dividend payout was on 19 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Alcoa's shares were split on a 1000:801 basis on 31 October 2016 . So if you had owned 801 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1000 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Alcoa shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 19.9% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Alcoa shares which in turn could have impacted Alcoa's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Alcoa's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.53 up to $47.6175. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Alcoa's is 2.284. This would suggest that Alcoa's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Alcoa Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminum production, and energy generation business in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Spain, the United States, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Alumina and Aluminum. It operates bauxite and other aluminous ores mining; and processes bauxite into alumina for sale to aluminum smelter customers and customers who process it into industrial chemical products through supply contracts to third parties, as well as aluminum smelting and casting businesses. The company offers primary aluminum in the form of alloy ingot or value-add ingot to customers that produce products for transportation, building and construction, packaging, wire, other industrial markets, and traders. In addition, it provides energy that generates and sells electricity in the wholesale market to traders, large industrial consumers, distribution companies, and other generation companies. The company was formerly known as Alcoa Upstream Corporation and changed its name to Alcoa Corporation in October 2016. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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