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Also trades as: AAI.AX (ASX) · $vol 13M · 0HCB.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · 185.DE (XETRA) · $vol 0M

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Alcoa Corporation
1W: -7.2% 1M: -9.7% 3M: -12.6% YTD: -31.6% 1Y: -3.4% 3Y: +64.3% 5Y: -29.2%
$39.87
+1.26 (+3.28%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.3%
$35 $36 $38 $40 $41
NYSE · Basic Materials · Aluminum · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 36 · $10.2B mcap · 263M float · 1.98% daily turnover · Short 42% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 67% of companies Debt: 32.1% of company value Bonds: $294.9M held by 181 funds, 160 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.73 (down 96%), Alcoa Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $4.82B against a stock market value of $10.21B.
Distance to default 3.68 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $2.41B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 53.2%; Altman Z 1.86. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
54.1%
Short Ratio
of total volume
44.1%
20-Day Avg
45.3%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.8M
Short Volume
1.6M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 784,415 1,475,222 53.2%
NYSE 53,732 75,009 71.6%
BATS 8,436 14,814 56.9%

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