Key Areas to Watch for Alcoa Investors Ahead of Earnings

In this video, Taylor Muckerman looks at three key areas Alcoa (AA) investors need to watch.

• Cost structure -- in particular, whether Alcoa can continue to build on its actions that improved margins in 2012.
• Whether it can maintain its cash position and debt-to-equity ratio.
• Internal metrics -- such as converting sales to revenue -- which are areas Alcoa tends to focus on.

For more details, check out the video.