Aluminum maker Alcoa (AA) kicked off the earnings season this afternoon, posting disappointing third quarter results. Going into this afternoon's earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Alcoa post earnings of $0.22 per share, but were disappointed to see earnings come in under expectations at $0.15 per share. Despite missing its earnings estimate, the company was able to post better than expected revenues for the quarter of $6.4 billion, above the ...

The market is set for a lower open this morning following weaker than expected first quarter revenues from bellwether stock Alcoa (AA). Going into last night's first quarter earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Alcoa report earnings of $0.27 per share, on revenues of $6.3 billion. Alcoa kicked off the earnings season by posting better than expected earnings of $0.28 per share, but revenues disappointed at just $6 billion. The company ...

Earnings season continues to chug right along, and tomorrow we have some more big names due to report their quarterly earnings. Here are a few of the names reporting tomorrow: Coca Cola (KO) : Coca Cola will be reporting first quarter numbers tomorrow, and analysts have forecast $0.74 per share. During the same period last year Coca Cola had earnings of $0.65. Apple Computer (AAPL) : Apple is going to report fiscal ...

As we noted in our weekly preview, Alcoa Inc. (AA), kicked off the current earnings season this afternoon when it reported its third quarter earnings, and the company surprised the market by posting its first quarterly profit in a year. Over the past year, the company has put a lot of focus on cost cutting, and that strategy has definitely paid off. Going into this afternoon's earnings report analysts had been ...