Alcoa (AA)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: Alcoa (AA) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 27% agree 11 votes   Another loss for Alcoa Top Contributor: Bret Holmes | Created when NYSE:AA was $8.36 | Edit | History Alcoa Inc. (AA) posted its second consecutive quarterly loss, $497 million (or 61 cents a share) but saw its stock value rise as analysts cheered the company’s cost-cutting measures. Chief Executive Officer Klaus Kleinfeld said its end markets have shown signs of bottoming or stabilizing, Reuters reported. (100 character max) Cancel 36% agree 19 votes   Dividend Cut From .17 to .03 Top Contributor: Brian Anderson | Created when NYSE:AA was $6.12 | Edit | History Dividends are hot right now. Income-dependant shareholders will drop this stock like a ton of, umm Aluminum. (100 character max) Cancel 22% agree 9 votes   Downturn in the aluminum industry's cycle Created when NYSE:AA was $40.00 | Edit | History The completion of several expansion projects that Alcoa is currently pursuing may coincide with a downturn in the aluminum industry’s cycle. (100 character max) Cancel 38% agree 21 votes   Profit margins will suffer because of growing energy and aluminum prices Created when NYSE:AA was $40.00 | Edit | History Alcoa’s primary metal profit margins will suffer because of growing energy costs and exposure to fluctuating spot aluminum prices. (100 character max) Cancel 12% agree 8 votes   Reliance on Depressed Industries Top Contributor: Carneades R | Created when NYSE:AA was $9.66 | Edit | History Nearly 2/3's of Alcoa's North American revenue is derived from the auto, paper/packaging, and construction industries. The ability of these industries to contribute to Alcoa's revenue was fueled by unsustainable debt accumulation at both the consumer and corporate level. It may be many years before these three industries recover to pre-recession levels and are able to fuel demand for aluminum products. (100 character max) Cancel

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