Alcoa shares rise as analyst sees cost cuttingPosted by anzhuo on December 28th, 2015
Analyst H. Fraser Phillips of RBC Capital Markets said that recent financing and additional cost reductions have reduced the pressure on Alcoa's balance sheet and shares "have responded positively." ”Cost reductions to date are positive but much hard work remains," he said.Aluminum prices will continue to be weighed by "significant excess inventory and capacity," Phillips added, as he set his price target of .Jorge Beristain of Deutsche Bank maintained his price target of and his "Hold" rating.While, BMO cut its price target to from , based on commodity price assumptions as Alcoa faces seven quarters of losses. UBS also raised Alcoa's share price target to .25 from .25, saying that results in Alcoa's Engineered Products business were better than expected and that the company expects to achieve additional cost savings by the end of the year.Shares of Alcoa rose 2 cents to $ 0.26% at .81 in the early trading Wednesday. More info:aluminum sheet price Like it? Share it!More by this author |