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How Alcoa Corporation stacks up
AA · against 1,333 other Basic Materials companies
Profitability
54/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #608 of 1,334 · scores higher than 54% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score134 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including AA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 54?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.A mix: stronger return on assets, but weaker operating margin and return on invested capital than most Basic Materials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 2.7% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.6% vs peer median 6.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 83% of peers. Return on assets: 7.6% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 1,260 reported | 3.6% | 6.7% | 34% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,304 reported | 2.7% | 7.6% | 29% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,270 reported | 7.6% | 2.5% | 83% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,254 reported | 18.2% | 5.5% | 84% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,372 reported | 19.8% | 21.5% | 46% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 1 | 2.22T INR (≈$26.7B) | 100 | 74 | |
| 1 | 583.2B INR (≈$7.0B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 4 | 49.8B HKD (≈$6.4B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 4 | 1.9B MYR (≈$416M) | 98 | 81 | |
| 608 | 75.9B JPY (≈$516M) | 54 | 42 | |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score