Alcoa: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Alcoa Corp. (AA) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $469 million.

The Pittsburgh-based company said it had profit of $2.49 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $3.06 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.99 per share.

The bauxite, alumina and aluminum products company posted revenue of $3.29 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.5 billion.

Alcoa shares have increased 46% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P’s 500 index has decreased slightly more than 6%. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $86.93, more than doubling in the last 12 months.

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