AAAlcoa Corporation

$42.20+31% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

Returns not propped up by debt. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 3 without data
Where ROE comes from7% ROAderived

A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 17% = margin × turnover × leverage.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

FCF conversionbehind 87% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is AA?

Alcoa Corporation keeps 9.4% of every revenue dollar as profit after everything, against 5.0% for the median Basic Materials name.

9.4%

Net margin · Basic Materials median 5.0% · 12 months to Q2 2026

Share count, year on year
+2.3%

Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

R&D as % of revenue
0.15%

R&D as % of revenue

Gross margin
19%

Gross margin

Details›
Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
19%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
9.4%
Free cash flow margin
2.6%
R&D as % of revenue
0.15%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$13.6B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$352M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$1.28B

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.