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Alcoa (AA) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Alcoa (AA) has disclosed Return on Sales for 11 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 12.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.08% through Dec 2025, up 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.09% for FY2025, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.05% in Q4 2025 for Alcoa, down from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 12.97% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.27% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.68% across 5 years, with a median of 0.06% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: skyrocketed 1296bps in 2021 and later tumbled -1305bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 12.97% in 2021, then tumbled by -101bps to 0.08% in 2022, then soared by 236bps to 0.1% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 61bps to 0.17% in 2024, then tumbled by -71bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for AA at 0.05% in Q4 2025, 0.07% in Q3 2025, and 0.05% in Q2 2025.