NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Alcoa were falling 4.7% to $13.04 on heavy trading volume after the aluminum producer missed analysts' estimates for revenue in the first quarter. Alcoa reported revenue of $5.82 billion for the first quarter, a 6.8% increase from the year-ago quarter, but below analysts' estimates of $5.94 billion. The company reported earnings of 28 cents a share for the first quarter, above analysts' estimates of 26 cents a share. The company said it expects demand for aluminum to grow 6.5% in 2015 to a record 57.5 metric tons of aluminum. The company expects aerospace sales to grow between 9% and 10% in 2015, automobile production to grow by 2% to 4%, and commercial building and construction sales to grow by 5% to 7%. About 33.4 million shares of Alcoa were traded by 11:51 a.m. Thursday, above the company's average trading volume of about 24.6 million shares a day. TheStreet Ratings team rates ALCOA INC as a Buy with a ratings score of B-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate ALCOA INC (AA) a BUY. This is driven by a few notable strengths, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself." You can view the full analysis from the report here: AA Ratings Report AA data by YCharts Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 25 Stocks for 2015
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