profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Alcoa
$39.98-4.40% today
+3.1% in 1 year
1-year low $35.781-year high $83.79
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $9.12 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Alcoa sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $12.5 billion in 2022 to $12.8 billion in 2025, with $1.16 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Alcoa handed back 19% of the cash it generated last year.
$105M
Free cash flow 2025$567M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$105M
Cash vs. debt$1.6B vs. $2.7B
Alcoa vs. similar companies
Alcoa grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa | 9.1× · Cheap | ||
 Shandong Hongqiao Aluminum Industry | 10.3× · Cheap | ||
 China Hongqiao Group | 7.1× · Cheap | ||
 Hindalco Industries | 15.9× · Fair price | ||
 Aluminum Corporation of China | 11.8× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Alcoa's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,286 | 12,152 | 12,451 | 10,551 | 11,895 | 12,831 | |
| – | – | 2,239 | 738 | 1,851 | 2,173 | |
| – | – | 1,331 | -227 | 828 | 758 | |
| 972 | 2,058 | 1,425 | 155 | 1,087 | 1,845 | |
| -170 | 429 | -123 | -651 | 60 | 1,157 | |
| -0.91 | 2.26 | -0.57 | -3.65 | 0.26 | 4.42 | |
| – | – | 18.0% | 7.0% | 15.6% | 16.9% | |
| – | – | 10.7% | -2.2% | 7.0% | 5.9% | |
| -1.8% | 3.5% | -1.0% | -6.2% | 0.5% | 9.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 14,860 | 15,025 | 14,756 | 14,155 | 14,064 | 16,129 |
| Cash | 1,607 | 1,814 | 1,363 | 944 | 1,138 | 1,597 |
| Total debt | 2,624 | 1,866 | 1,866 | 1,971 | 2,768 | 2,698 |
| Total liabilities | 9,844 | 8,741 | 8,167 | 8,310 | 8,907 | 9,935 |
| 3,311 | 4,672 | 5,076 | 4,251 | 5,157 | 6,118 | |
| 186 | 190 | 181 | 178 | 214 | 261 | |
| 4.2% | 16.8% | 9.2% | -6.1% | 4.4% | 11.0% | |
| -5.1% | 9.2% | -2.4% | -15.3% | 1.2% | 18.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394 | 920 | 822 | 91 | 622 | 1,185 | |
| 353 | 390 | 480 | 531 | 580 | 618 | |
| 41 | 530 | 342 | -440 | 42 | 567 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 19 | 72 | 72 | 90 | 105 |
| – | 150 | 500 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 25 | 39 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 41 |
Valuation
- 9.1×
- 5.6×
- –
- 2.4×
- 0.8×
- 18.6×
- 6.3×
- 5.4%
- 11.0%
- 0.6%
Profitability
- 16.9%
- 5.9%
- 9.0%
- 13.6%
- 6.6%
- 1.6%
- 16.1%
- 6.2%
- 6.6%
- 0.2%
Growth
- +6.7%
- –
- +1,250.0%
- –
- +8.8%
Financial health
- 0.6×
- 0.36
- 14.7%
- 6.0×
- 1.48
- 0.88
- 0.76
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 49%of 990
Bottom 29%of 948
Top 10%of 766
Top 40%of 926
Top 30%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $68.80
- Range
- $48.00 – $80.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | 1.40 | 1.60 | −12.5% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 1.26 | 0.93 | +36.1% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | -0.02 | -0.14 | +85.8% |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 0.39 | 0.32 | +21.0% |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 2.15 | 1.68 | +28.0% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 1.04 | 0.93 | +11.8% |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 0.57 | 0.25 | +128.6% |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 0.16 | 0.08 | +107.8% |
0.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$6a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.29 in 2015 → $0.40 in 2025
How safe it looks
9.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 18.5%
News
Alcoa anticipates up to $315M from Massena East deal while targeting $500M-$1B asset monetization by 2030Seeking Alpha · Oct 16, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
36No pass
Benjamin Graham
53No pass
Philip Fisher
30No pass
Peter Lynch
53No pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
26No pass
Terry Smith
20No pass
Questions about Alcoa
Is Alcoa a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Alcoa AI analysis
What does Alcoa do?
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 is in Aluminum, based in Pittsburgh, PA, United States, with 14,900 employees.
Does Alcoa pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.6% a year, about 9% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $105 million in dividends.
Is Alcoa stock halal?
Yes. Alcoa passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 24% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Alcoa stock done over the past year?
Up 3.1% over the past twelve months, to $39.98. It traded between $35.78 and $83.79 and is 52.3% below its high.
Who are Alcoa's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Shandong Hongqiao Aluminum Industry, China Hongqiao Group, Hindalco Industries and Aluminum Corporation of China. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Alcoa's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.