Alcoa Corporation·Basic Materials

AA's Alumina segment faces shipment, pricing and cost pressure after Q1 declines, but maintained 2026 guidance points to expected improvement.

AA and RYI ride higher aluminum prices, capacity expansion and shipment growth, but debt, costs and valuation gaps shape the aluminum stock debate.

On May 21, 2026, Alcoa Corp (AA) shares rose 3.3% to $66.27. The stock has fluctuated within a 52-week range of $25.83 to $75.70, reflecting significant volatil

The Iran war started on February 27, and the aluminum market has not been the same since.

AA faces rising energy, raw material and restart costs, with higher diesel prices expected to hurt Q2 2026 results.

-- Name Change Approved by Shareholders with 99.7% Support -- -- Name Change and Stock Ticker Change Effective as of May 19, 2026 -- CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / (NYSE:KWY) Kingsway Corporation ("Kingsway" or the "Company"), the only publicly-traded US company employing the Search Fund model to acquire and build great businesses, today announced shareholder approval of its name change to Kingsway Corporation. The Company's name change, along with the change of its stock ticker to KWY, are effective as of May 19, 2026.
Alcoa Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products in the United States, Spain, Australia, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminum. It engages in bauxite mining operations; and processes bauxite into alumina and sells it to customers who process it into industrial chemical products, as well as aluminum smelting and casting businesses. The company offers primary aluminum in the form of alloy ingot or value-add ingot to customers that produce products for the transportation, building and construction, packaging, wire, and other industrial markets. In addition, it owns hydro power plants that generates and sells electricity in the wholesale market to traders, large industrial consumers, distribution companies, and other generation companies. The company was formerly known as Alcoa Upstream Corporation and changed its name to Alcoa Corporation in October 2016. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.