Arconic is engaged in manufacturing aluminum sheet, plate, extrusions and architectural products and systems, serving primarily the ground transportation, aerospace, building and construction, industrial, and packaging end markets. Co.'s three segments are: Rolled Products, which produces a range of aluminum sheet and plate; Building and Construction Systems, which manufactures various products and building envelope solutions, including entrances, curtain walls, windows, composite panel and coil coated sheet; and Extrusions, which produces a range of extruded products, including automotive shapes, aerospace shapes, tube, hollows, mortar fins, and high strength rod and bar.
When researching a stock like Arconic, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from ARNC Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for ARNC stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the ARNC 200 day moving average ("ARNC 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the ARNC 50 day moving average ("ARNC 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Arconic. |