Alcoa Valuation

Is AA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AA ($36.06) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($12.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AA is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AA?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AA key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA17.8x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does AA's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for AA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.5x
CSTM Constellium
0.4x3.4%US$3.1b
CENX Century Aluminum
0.7x5.3%US$1.6b
KALU Kaiser Aluminum
0.5x3.4%US$1.4b
TG Tredegar
0.3xn/aUS$218.0m
AA Alcoa
0.6x4.2%US$6.5b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the peer average (0.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Metals and Mining Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.1%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.1%
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the US Metals and Mining industry average (1.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AA's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.6x
Fair PS Ratio0.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$36.06
US$34.83
-3.4%
20.1%US$48.00US$22.73n/a12
Apr ’25US$34.02
US$30.60
-10.0%
20.9%US$45.00US$22.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$27.68
US$30.41
+9.9%
20.8%US$45.00US$22.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$29.69
US$31.36
+5.6%
17.8%US$45.00US$23.00n/a13
Jan ’25US$34.00
US$30.81
-9.4%
18.4%US$45.00US$23.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$27.74
US$30.85
+11.2%
20.8%US$45.00US$23.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$25.03
US$30.58
+22.2%
21.6%US$45.00US$23.00n/a11
Oct ’24US$29.06
US$37.04
+27.5%
24.3%US$55.00US$25.00n/a10
Sep ’24US$31.10
US$38.08
+22.4%
20.3%US$55.00US$25.00n/a12
Aug ’24US$35.18
US$38.74
+10.1%
20.0%US$55.00US$25.00n/a12
Jul ’24US$33.93
US$47.05
+38.7%
20.1%US$62.00US$33.00n/a12
Jun ’24US$32.70
US$49.63
+51.8%
16.4%US$65.00US$37.00n/a12
May ’24US$37.27
US$50.40
+35.2%
14.3%US$65.00US$40.00n/a10
Apr ’24US$42.56
US$54.20
+27.3%
14.1%US$65.00US$44.00US$34.0210
Mar ’24US$51.65
US$55.00
+6.5%
13.0%US$65.00US$42.00US$27.6810
Feb ’24US$54.58
US$54.00
-1.1%
11.7%US$65.00US$42.00US$29.6910
Jan ’24US$45.47
US$49.20
+8.2%
11.7%US$57.00US$41.00US$34.0010
Dec ’23US$49.10
US$46.80
-4.7%
16.3%US$60.00US$35.00US$27.7410
Nov ’23US$40.88
US$45.70
+11.8%
15.3%US$60.00US$35.00US$25.0310
Oct ’23US$33.66
US$53.56
+59.1%
18.4%US$75.00US$40.00US$29.0610
Sep ’23US$48.08
US$58.51
+21.7%
15.5%US$75.00US$45.00US$31.1011
Aug ’23US$48.28
US$61.22
+26.8%
17.0%US$80.00US$45.00US$35.1811
Jul ’23US$44.78
US$79.22
+76.9%
22.7%US$106.00US$54.00US$33.9311
Jun ’23US$62.41
US$90.28
+44.7%
13.0%US$110.00US$72.00US$32.7012
May ’23US$67.80
US$92.00
+35.7%
12.1%US$110.00US$68.00US$37.2712
Apr ’23US$90.62
US$89.75
-1.0%
19.2%US$115.00US$55.00US$42.5612

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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