Alcoa AA Return on assets
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Alcoa’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Alcoa’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Alcoa's return on assets?
- Alcoa (AA) reported return on assets of 6.6% in Q1 2026.
- How has Alcoa's return on assets changed year-over-year?
- Alcoa's return on assets increased by 11.3% year-over-year, from 6% to 6.6%.
- What is the long-term trend for Alcoa's return on assets?
- Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Alcoa's return on assets has grown at a 3.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -26% to 28%.
- What does return on assets mean?
- How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
- How do you interpret return on assets?
- Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
- How does return on assets compare across companies?
- Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.