Shares of Alcoa (NYSE:AA – Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen brokerages that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and seven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $61.42.
A number of research firms have issued reports on AA. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on Alcoa from $60.00 to $55.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 17th. B. Riley Financial lowered their price objective on shares of Alcoa from $92.00 to $80.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Alcoa from $55.00 to $52.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 17th. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $53.00 target price (down from $79.00) on shares of Alcoa in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada set a $70.00 target price on shares of Alcoa in a report on Wednesday, July 1st.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in Alcoa in the 2nd quarter worth $1,528,523,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Alcoa by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,655,655 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $389,621,000 after acquiring an additional 349,426 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of Alcoa by 211.7% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 6,254,017 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $332,338,000 after acquiring an additional 4,247,559 shares in the last quarter. Castle Hook Partners LP purchased a new position in shares of Alcoa in the fourth quarter valued at about $210,874,000. Finally, Amundi boosted its stake in shares of Alcoa by 47.8% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 2,009,013 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $133,258,000 after acquiring an additional 649,693 shares during the period.
Alcoa Stock Performance
AA stock opened at $42.27 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $11.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.48 and a beta of 1.63. Alcoa has a 1 year low of $31.98 and a 1 year high of $84.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $47.95 and its 200-day moving average price is $57.89.
Alcoa (NYSE:AA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 16th. The industrial products company reported $2.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.25 by ($0.13). Alcoa had a return on equity of 18.90% and a net margin of 9.48%.The firm had revenue of $3.97 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.99 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.39 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Alcoa will post 6.61 earnings per share for the current year.
Alcoa Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 11th were paid a dividend of $0.10 per share. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 11th. Alcoa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8.23%.
Alcoa Company Profile
Alcoa Corporation (NYSE:AA) is a global producer of bauxite, alumina and aluminum. Its operations span the aluminum value chain, including bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminum smelting, casting and the production of select value-added aluminum products. The company serves customers in industries such as transportation, aerospace, construction, packaging, consumer products and energy.
Founded in 1888 as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, Alcoa played a major role in developing the commercial aluminum industry and adopted the Alcoa name in 1907.
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