Alcoa Q2 EPS $2.67 Beats $2.45 Estimate, Sales $3.64B Beat $3.56B Estimate

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) reported quarterly earnings of $2.67 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.45 by 8.98 percent. This is a 79.19 percent increase over earnings of $1.49 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.64 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.56 billion by 2.36 percent. This is a 28.63 percent increase over sales of $2.83 billion the same period last year.