The Most Important Facts About Alcoa

By Kim Brooks • Tuesday, December 06 09:41 • Permanent Link

Alcoa logged a 3.4% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $48.09 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.1% and the Dow Industrial Average posted a -0.4% change. AA's trading volume is 535,439 compared to the stock's average volume of 7,680,071.

Alcoa trades -0.19% away from its average analyst target price of $48.18 per share. The 11 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $35 to $62, and on average have given Alcoa a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying AA should be aware of the facts below:

Alcoa's Graham number (a purchase price with a built-in margin of safety) is $59.25, which is -18.8% away from its current price
Alcoa has moved -0.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -14.7%
Based on its trailing earning per share of 5.14, Alcoa has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
AA has a forward P/E ratio of 13.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (Eps) is $3.7 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.74 -- a number near or below 1 signifying that Alcoa is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.6 compared to its sector average of 1.86
Alcoa Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products in the United States, Spain, Australia, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Canada, and internationally.
Based in Pittsburgh, the company has 12,200 full time employees and a market cap of $8,508,899,840. Alcoa currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.9%.

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