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Alcoa Inc. (AA) is in the Manufacturing Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $30.7B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $2.5B
- Market Cap
- Jul 23 2008
- $26.6B
Latest News and Analysis
Dow 30 Performance Since 7/15
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Below we highlight the performance of the 30 Dow stocks both year to date and since the recent low on 7/15. Bank of America BAC is up the most since last Tuesday at 80.5%, followed by General Motors GM (48.5%), AIG AIG (45.8%),...
Investing in Dividend Paying Companies
Devin Hobbes submits: Suppose 20 years ago, in the middle of the Savings and Loan Crisis, you decided to invest in a basket of dividend paying companies to hold for the long term. Not wanting to do too much research but still interested in buying quality companies, you decided to...
ETF Update: Gold, Financials, Aluminum
Tom Lydon ETF Trends submits: Investors Run for Cover Under Gold and ETFs The price of gold jumped to a four-month high, sending gold ETFs higher. A dash of record oil (now more than $147 a barrel), a heaping teaspoon of mortgage-company concerns and a pinch of a...
Alcoa Management: "Global Supply and Demand Is Essentially Balanced"
Eric Fox submits: Alcoa Inc. AA reported earnings Tuesday night for the second quarter of 2008 (ending 6/30/08), and held a conference call to discuss the results. The results beat estimates and the stock was up 4.5% in pre market trading Wednesday to $33.80.Financial Highlights by Eric Fox
Alcoa: Analysts Positive on Good Quarter Results
FP Trading Desk submits: Shares of Alcoa Inc. AA rose Wednesday as analysts had mostly positive things to say about the company's second-quarter earnings, which came in at $0.66 a share. UBS Securities analyst Brian MacArthur noted that after-tax operating income [ATOI] improved in every one of the company's...
Wednesday Options Update: XLE, XLF, WFC, GE, CSCO, ABK, EWT, PPH
VIX – Market conviction is limp today, with indexes drawing straws at directionality over the noon hour – torn between last night’s less-dire-than-expected Alcoa AA earnings and a rebound for oil on geopolitical concerns and a draw in weekly inventories. The CBOE Volatility Index is flat-to-lower at 23.11 at present...
Options Trader: Wednesday Outlook
Phil Davis submits: Vice President Dick Cheney’s office sought to alter a federal official’s prepared testimony about the health consequences of global warming. You would think that would be the story of the day in the news, but it barely rates a mention as we have come to...
Alcoa's Profit Lower But Tops Street Forecasts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc AA on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, lifting its shares, as higher aluminum prices and sales volumes offset increased costs. Strong demand for aluminum from China and other developing economies has supported...
Dow 30 Earnings Reports
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: While much of the news surrounding earnings reports focuses on how much a company earns, the real test of how good or bad the report is depends on how the stock reacts. For those interested, below we highlight the percentage of up days...
Alcoa Earnings After the Close
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Bespoke's Interactive Earnings Database is a useful tool for traders that like to play earnings reports. For more than 2,500 stocks, we provide the trading patterns around each quarterly report since 2001. With Alcoa AA reporting after the close today, below we provide...
Alcoa Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Alcoa Inc. AA Q2 2008 Earnings Call
Alcoa Investors Bracing For Earnings Hit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Alcoa Inc AA are expecting a rough quarterly earnings report on Tuesday from the aluminum maker, whose profits are expected to sink nearly 20 percent as escalating energy and other costs take their toll. Aluminum prices should...
Dow 30 Price Targets - Too Much Optimism?
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Below we highlight the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For each one, we include its price, year-to-date change, consensus analyst price target, and the current distance from that price target. The average stock in the Dow has a...
Monday Options Outlook: FRE, FNM, AA, EWZ, JNPR, YHOO, WB, XLF
Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FRE, FNM ? Shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dove 9% and 11.3% (to read $17.10 and $12.87, respectively), crashing below their 52-week lows, after Fannie announced the issuance of $3 billion in two-year notes and Freddie...
Options Trader: Monday Outlook
Phil Davis submits: Finally it’s earnings season! Now we get a chance to see what all the fuss is really about. Is Meredith Whitney exaggerating the losses to be reported by banks by tens of Billions or just Billions? Are energy and commodity prices destroying all of corporate America...
How Models Caused the Credit Crisis
Felix Salmon submits: Ryan Chittum asks if we want to know what caused the global credit crisis, and suggests that if we do, we should "start here" [pdf file], with a 22-page report about subprime lender IndyMac IMB from the Center for Responsible Lending and former...
Earnings Kick Off - Can Alcoa Foil Its Skeptics?
Ockham Research submits: Investors are anxiously awaiting kick-off of the second quarter earnings season and DJIA component Alcoa AA will set the tone with a conference call today at 5 p.m. There is much trepidation as to what second quarter earnings will look like with the strain of high...
10 Signs of a Recession
Stockerati submits: Happy Birthday, America! The typical economic cycle consists of two main phases: Boom and Recession. The phase leading to a boom is called expansion and that leading to a recession is called contraction. Another way of looking at this is considering expansion the transition from recession-boom and contraction the...
Aluminium Prices Are Expected to Soar by More Than 30%
Ron Haruni submits: The supply of aluminium, according to Timesonline - which is used to build cars and aircraft - is struggling to keep pace with demand because producers cannot get access to the vast quantities of electricity needed to create the lightweight metal. The continued global power crunch could...
GM Drops to 53-year Low, Goldman Urges "sell"
By Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp hit their lowest level since 1955 and dragged down the auto sector on Thursday after Goldman Sachs cut the struggling U.S. industry's largest manufacturer to a "sell" rating and warned it would...
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- Incorporated: 1888
- CEO: Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld Ph.D.
Alcoa is engaged in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its participation in various aspects of the industry: technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling. Co.'s nonaluminum products include precision castings, industrial fasteners, consumer products, food service and flexible packaging products, plastic closures, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. Co.'s products are used in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, packaging, consumer products, building and construction, and industrial applications.
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Alcoa Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Alain J. P. Belda
Chairman
Mr. Henry B. Schacht
Ms. Kathryn S. Fuller
Dr. Judith M. Gueron
Mr. Ernesto Zedillo
Mr. Franklin A. Thomas
Lead Director
Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld Ph.D.
Mr. Joseph T. Gorman
Dr. James W. Owens Ph.D.
Mr. Ratan N. Tata
Mr. Carlos Ghosn
Mr. Michael G. Morris
Mr. E. Stanley O'Neal
Contact Information
390 Park Avenue
New York, NY
212 836-2674
NAICS Code
Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing: 331315
