Earnings Outlook For Alcoa

Alcoa AA is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2022-07-20. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Alcoa will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.45.

Alcoa bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.09, which was followed by a 16.94% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Alcoa's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of Alcoa were trading at $43.42 as of July 18. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 19.17%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

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This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.