Alcoa 's (NYSE: AA) third-quarter earnings
report on Wednesday will serve as a whole lot more than
commentary on a single aluminum company.
Investors will be looking at Alcoa's earnings for signs of
life in the
broader economyand the materials markets. The report will
also serve as the kickoff of third-quarter earnings season,
when companies will try to prove that
investor confidencesince the March market bottom has been
warranted.
But at the same time, the earnings report will be a
glimpse at how Alcoa itself is performing. Will it best the
$0.12-per-share loss that Wall Street analysts are expecting?
Will it show continued improvement in cash production? Will
the company's operational efficiency efforts prove
worthwhile?
For some perspective on how investors see Alcoa we can
turn to the collective opinion of the
Motley Fool CAPS community. The stock has 2,509
outperform calls versus 185 underperforms, giving it a
four-star rating (out of a possible five).
While a great many CAPS members have scored big points by
betting on Alcoa, none have done better than current Alcoa
score leader
gembree, who has made three outperform calls on Alcoa,
nabbing a cool 124 points on those timely calls.
gembree is one of CAPS' All-Stars -- players with a rating
of 80 or greater -- and has managed an impressive
stock-picking accuracy of 84% while racking up nearly 9,500
points. Alcoa isn't this player's only great call. Here's a
look at a few of the other prescient picks:
Company
Date Picked
Date Ended
Call
Points
CAPS Rating
(out of 5)
Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW)
3/18/09
Still Open
Outperform
191
****
Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI)
12/17/08
9/11/09
Outperform
144
**
Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW)
10/20/08
9/11/09
Outperform
143
****
Data from CAPS.
So what has this investor been looking at more recently?
Here are a few of the most recent calls on CAPS:
Company
Date Picked
Call
CAPS Rating
(out of 5)
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