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Is Alcoa Corporation (AA) a buy or sell?
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Do analysts agree?
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Consensus target for Alcoa Corporation is $52.40, which is $10.75 (17.02%) below the current price today's price.
Low target: $41.00 | High target: $64.00
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Company snapshot
A quick overview of the business and its public profile.
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 The company operates through three segments Bauxite Alumina and Aluminum It engages in bauxite mining operations and processes bauxite into alumina and sells it to customers who process it into industrial chemical products as well as aluminum smelting and casting businesses The company offers primary aluminum in the form of alloy ingot or valueadd ingot to customers that produce products for the transportation building and construction packaging wire and other industrial markets In addition it owns hydro power plants 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 1888 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Website: https://www.alcoa.com
Rates and inflation backdrop
US inflation for December 2025 was 0.31%. Over the last 12 months, inflation is 3.03%. The 10-year yield is 4.22 and is up 0.170 over the last 30 days.
Inflation sensitivity
Debt ratio: 0.00. Cash flow to debt ratio: 1,185.00. Net profit margin: 9.01%. Inflation risk score: low (0.10/1).
Dividend history check
Yes, Alcoa Corporation pays dividends. Last payment was 2025-11-21 for holders on 2025-11-04. Over 207 payments between 1970 and 2025, total $58.40 with an average of $0.282 per share. Last dividend was $0.10.
Trading liquidity
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Alcoa Corporation is $337.8M. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
10-year return check
On Alcoa Corporation, 2016-02-11 had a stock price of $16.49. If you invested back then, your return now would be a profit of $45.27 per share or 274.53%.
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Analyst consensus
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