Alcoa Kicks Off Earnings Season
Zacks Investment Research | Oct 10, 2016 10:24PM ET
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) AA reported Q3 earnings before the bell today, in what has been traditionally known as the start of earnings season. The raw aluminum and specialty parts maker missed estimates on both top and bottom lines — 32 cents per share missed the 34 cents expected, on revenues of $5.21 billion which were lower that the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.33 billion.
The miss has sent AA shares down 3.5% in pre-market trading. Depending how analysts view the forthcoming split for Alcoa into its basic raw materials business and its aerospace/automotive parts manufacturing company, Arconic, we may see more slack in Alcoa’s trading price. The company has bid up more than 9% in the past month prior to this earnings and sales miss — the company’s first negative surprise since the September quarter last year. Death of a Smartphone
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