For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – July 08, 2016 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA). (AA).
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Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:
How to Trade Alcoa (AA) Stock Ahead of Earnings
On Monday July 11th, Alcoa Inc. (AA) will release its second quarter earnings results. The company is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) and shares are down almost 7% year-to-date.
Join David Bartosiak at 2pm EST on Monday on our YouTube channel when he looks at Alcoa’s past earnings, what is currently going on with the company, and he gives us his thoughts on their upcoming earnings announcement too.
Furthermore, Dave will investigate some potential options trades for investors looking to make a play on Alcoa ahead of earnings.
Alcoa Inc. in Focus
Alcoa Inc. engages in engineering and manufacturing lightweight materials worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Alumina, Primary Metals, Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transport and Construction Solutions.
Alcoa is coming off of an earnings beat of 250% in its previous earnings report, posting EPS that was $0.05 higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Last quarter was the second in a row that Alcoa was able to beat on earnings. The prior two quarters however the company missed on earnings though, by 50% and 17.39% respectively.
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