Alcoa (AA) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026)

Alcoa's (AA) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 17.85% in Q1 2026, down 717.0% year-on-year from 2.89% in Q1 2025, and up 21.92% quarter-over-quarter from 14.64% in Q4 2025.

Alcoa (AA) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alcoa has disclosed Operating Margin across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 17.85% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 17.85%, down 717.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.21% (down 1213.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.75%, up 123.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 17.85% for Q1 2026 at Alcoa, up from 14.64% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 28.36% in Q1 2022 to a low of 23.39% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 8.55% (2025), against an average of 7.89%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin jumped 729719 bps in 2022 and tumbled 3624 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Alcoa's Operating Margin stood at 23.39% in 2022, then surged by 117 bps to 3.97% in 2023, then soared by 392 bps to 19.54% in 2024, then retreated by 25 bps to 14.64% in 2025, then climbed by 22 bps to 17.85% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 17.85% (Q1 2026), 14.64% (Q4 2025), and 22.5% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Alcoa 18.13 Bn 16.72 Bn 681.00 Mn 17.85%
2 Century Aluminum 6.04 Bn 5.93 Bn 118.80 Mn 57.61%
3 Constellium Se 4.83 Bn 4.56 Bn 420.00 Mn 12.60%
4 Kaiser Aluminum 3.08 Bn 3.05 Bn 944.60 Mn 8.84%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 17.85%
Dec 31, 2025 14.64%
Sep 30, 2025 -22.50%
Jun 30, 2025 8.55%
Mar 31, 2025 25.02%
Dec 31, 2024 19.54%
Sep 30, 2024 13.74%
Jun 30, 2024 9.39%
Mar 31, 2024 4.19%
Dec 31, 2023 3.97%
Sep 30, 2023 1.77%
Jun 30, 2023 3.24%
Mar 31, 2023 3.78%
Dec 31, 2022 -23.39%
Sep 30, 2022 3.61%
Jun 30, 2022 22.39%
Mar 31, 2022 28.36%
Dec 31, 2021 -7,320.59%
Sep 30, 2021 22.48%
Jun 30, 2021 20.61%