Alcoa (AAPRB.PFD) 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.40% (As of Sep. 2016 )

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What is Alcoa 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

1-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past year, calculated as the percentage change in shares outstanding from the previous year to the current year. A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance. Alcoa's current 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.40%.

AAPRB.PFD's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio is not ranked
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: -19.1 vs AAPRB.PFD: -0.40

Competitive Comparison of Alcoa's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Aluminum subindustry, Alcoa's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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Alcoa's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Alcoa's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Alcoa 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

Alcoa's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

1-Year Share Buyback Ratio	=	(Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Sep. 2015 )	-	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Sep. 2016 ))	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Sep. 2015 )
	=	(0	-	0)	/	0
	=	N/A%

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Alcoa (NYSE:AAPRB.PFD) 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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https://www.arconic.com

Arconic Inc, formerly known as Alcoa Inc was first incorporated as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company on October 1, 1888. The Company is engaged in manufacturing and engineering lightweight metals. Its products include aluminum, titanium, and nickel, used in aerospace, automotive, commercial transportation, packaging, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, consumer electronics, and industrial applications. The Company is also engaged in the production and management of aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its active participation in all aspects of the industry: technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling. It has investments and operating activities in, among others, Australia, Brazil, China, Guinea, Iceland, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. The Company operates in segments including Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions. The Company's Global Rolled Products segment represents its midstream operations. The Engineered Products and Solutions segment represents a portion of the Company's downstream operations. Its downstream portfolio includes two segments Engineered Products and Solutions and Transportation and Construction Solutions. The Engineered Products and Solutions consist of Alcoa Titanium & Engineered Products; Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings; Alcoa Forgings and Extrusions; and Alcoa Power and Propulsion. The Company's Transportation and Construction Solutions segment represents a portion of its downstream operations. The raw materials used includes bauxite, alloying materials, caustic soda, alumina, electricity, aluminum fluoride, fuel oil, calcined petroleum coke, lime (CaO), cathode blocks, natural gas, electricity, liquid pitch, natural gas, titanium alloys, titanium sponge and resin. The Company's trademark products include Howmet metal castings, Huck fasteners, Kawneer building panels and Dura-Bright wheels with easy-clean surface treatments.