The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Alcoa's share price is $49.21.
Alcoa's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.00. Hence, Alcoa's PS Ratio for today is .
The historical rank and industry rank for Alcoa's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
AAPRB.PFD'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78 Med: 0.88 Max: 1.01
Current: 1.01
During the past 13 years, Alcoa's highest PS Ratio was 1.01. The lowest was 0.78. And the median was 0.88.
AAPRB.PFD's PS Ratio is not ranked
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.64
vs AAPRB.PFD: 1.01
Alcoa's Revenue per Sharefor the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.00.
Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.00.
Warning Sign:
Alcoa Inc revenue per share has been in decline for the last 5 years.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Alcoa was -18.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -6.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -2.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -6.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, Alcoa's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 13.10% per year. The lowest was -17.20% per year. And the median was 3.80% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Alcoa PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Alcoa's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* 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.
For the Aluminum subindustry, Alcoa's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Alcoa's PS Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Alcoa's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Alcoa's PS Ratio falls into.
Alcoa PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Alcoa's Share Price of today is $49.21. Alcoa's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.00.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
Alcoa PS Ratio Related Terms
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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.
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