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NYSE:AA

Alcoa - AA Competitors

$41.53
+0.59 (+1.44%)
(As of 03/30/2023 01:34 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$41.45
$42.89
50-Day Range
$39.15
$55.52
52-Week Range
$33.55
$93.99
Volume
3.19 million shs
Average Volume
5.29 million shs
Market Capitalization
$7.41 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
0.96%
Price Target
$50.00

AA vs. ATR, MIDD, BERY, GPK, TTEK, DCI, VMI, RBC, ADT, and PLUG

Should you be buying Alcoa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alcoa include AptarGroup (ATR), Middleby (MIDD), Berry Global Group (BERY), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Donaldson (DCI), Valmont Industries (VMI), RBC Bearings (RBC), ADT (ADT), and Plug Power (PLUG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Alcoa vs.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

AptarGroup has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alcoa. Alcoa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AptarGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alcoa$12.45 billion0.59-$123 million-$0.85-48.16
AptarGroup$3.32 billion2.28$239.29 million$3.5832.37

AptarGroup has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Alcoa's net margin of -0.82%. Alcoa's return on equity of 13.17% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alcoa -0.82% 13.17% 5.80%
AptarGroup 7.20% 12.78% 5.98%

Alcoa pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Alcoa pays out -47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Alcoa received 700 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.20% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlcoaOutperform Votes
1011
69.20%
Underperform Votes
450
30.80%
AptarGroupOutperform Votes
311
57.06%
Underperform Votes
234
42.94%

89.4% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of AptarGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Alcoa had 7 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Alcoa and 3 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Alcoa's score of 0.08 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alcoa
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AptarGroup
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alcoa presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.13%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $122.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.58%. Given Alcoa's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alcoa is more favorable than AptarGroup.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alcoa
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
AptarGroup
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Alcoa has a beta of 2.45, suggesting that its share price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AptarGroup beats Alcoa on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AA vs. The Competition

MetricAlcoaPrimary aluminum IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.30B$7.56B$7.12B$14.30B
Dividend Yield1.00%4.02%2.06%3.89%
P/E Ratio-48.166.2115.3419.25
Price / Sales0.590.534.1110.85
Price / Cash4.716.1368.5424.50
Price / Book1.101.593.436.76
Net Income-$123M$803.90M$366.46M$868.68M
7 Day Performance1.76%4.39%1.90%2.93%
1 Month Performance-16.35%-12.40%-5.78%-5.27%
1 Year Performance-55.59%-49.65%-6.97%-13.85%

Alcoa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATR
AptarGroup
2.1932 of 5 stars
$115.87
+0.7%
$122.33
+5.6%
-2.9%$7.58B$3.32B32.3713,500Short Interest ↓
MIDD
Middleby
2.4461 of 5 stars
$141.99
+1.8%
$168.14
+18.4%
-16.4%$7.61B$4.03B17.8411,268
BERY
Berry Global Group
3.0687 of 5 stars
$57.58
+0.6%
$71.75
+24.6%
-5.3%$6.99B$14.50B9.9646,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
GPK
Graphic Packaging
2.9353 of 5 stars
$25.17
+0.1%
$27.83
+10.6%
+24.1%$7.73B$9.44B14.9824,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TTEK
Tetra Tech
2.4462 of 5 stars
$146.17
+1.1%
$182.00
+24.5%
-13.3%$7.78B$3.50B25.2021,000Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
1.9713 of 5 stars
$64.53
+0.7%
$63.33
-1.9%
+19.6%$7.83B$3.31B22.4114,000
VMI
Valmont Industries
2.1491 of 5 stars
$316.99
+0.7%
$324.00
+2.2%
+30.8%$6.77B$4.35B27.2611,364Short Interest ↓
RBC
RBC Bearings
1.265 of 5 stars
$228.25
+1.2%
$237.57
+4.1%
+14.5%$6.62B$942.90M52.233,549
ADT
ADT
2.3942 of 5 stars
$7.18
+2.1%
$9.50
+32.3%
-8.5%$6.58B$6.40B37.7922,000Short Interest ↑
PLUG
Plug Power
2.2299 of 5 stars
$11.03
+6.1%
$23.86
+116.4%
-62.8%$6.55B$701.44M-8.823,353Gap Up
This page (NYSE:AA) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff