Alcoa Corp (AA) Stock: Assessing the Risk and Reward

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In the past week, AA stock has gone down by -1.70%, with a monthly gain of 9.10% and a quarterly surge of 29.47%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.70%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.35% for Alcoa Corp The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 4.59% for AA’s stock, with a simple moving average of 23.28% for the last 200 days.

Is It Worth Investing in Alcoa Corp (NYSE: AA) Right Now?

The 36-month beta value for AA is also noteworthy at 2.42. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 8 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 rating it as “overweight,” 5 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”

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The public float for AA is 256.39M, and at present, short sellers hold a 3.43% of that float. The average trading volume of AA on November 18, 2024 was 5.14M shares.

AA) stock’s latest price update

The stock price of Alcoa Corp (NYSE: AA) has jumped by 6.82 compared to previous close of 41.21. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -1.70% in its stock price over the last five trading days. youtube.com reported 2024-11-11 that William Oplinger, President and CEO of Alcoa, “welcomes the opportunity” to work with the incoming Trump administration and shares his outlook for aluminum prices.

Analysts’ Opinion of AA

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AA stocks, with Argus repeating the rating for AA by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for AA in the upcoming period, according to Argus is $48 based on the research report published on October 23, 2024 of the current year 2024.

B. Riley Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AA reach a price target of $50, previously predicting the price at $41. The rating they have provided for AA stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 17th, 2024.

BofA Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to AA, setting the target price at $52 in the report published on October 01st of the current year.

AA Trading at 13.04% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought AA to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.44% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 3.35%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.70%, as shares surge +5.54% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +54.29% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, AA fell by -1.70%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +48.27% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $42.09. In addition, Alcoa Corp saw 29.47% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AA starting from Bacchi Renato, who sale 23,867 shares at the price of $42.29 back on Oct 22 ’24. After this action, Bacchi Renato now owns 57,317 shares of Alcoa Corp, valued at $1,009,431 using the latest closing price.

Bacchi Renato, the Officer of Alcoa Corp, proposed sale 23,867 shares at $42.29 during a trade that took place back on Oct 22 ’24, which means that Bacchi Renato is holding shares at $1,009,430 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for AA

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.03 for the present operating margin
  • 0.07 for the gross margin

The net margin for Alcoa Corp stands at -0.03. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value -5.98, with -2.05 for asset returns.

Based on Alcoa Corp (AA), the company’s capital structure generated 0.36 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.14. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.56. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.09.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 155.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.5. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.19. The receivables turnover for the company is 10.85for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.75. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.41.

Conclusion

In summary, Alcoa Corp (AA) has had a better performance as of late. Analysts have bullish opinions on the stock, with some viewing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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