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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Information Used to Compute Basic and Diluted EPS

The information used to compute basic and diluted EPS attributable to Alcoa common shareholders was as follows (shares in millions):

		First quarter ended March 31,
		2014				2013
Net (loss) income attributable to Alcoa common shareholders		$	(178	)		$	149
Less: preferred stock dividends declared			1				1
Net (loss) income available to Alcoa common shareholders – basic			(179	)			148
Add: interest expense related to convertible notes			—				8
Net (loss) income available to Alcoa common shareholders – diluted		$	(179	)		$	156
Average shares outstanding – basic			1,101				1,069
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options			—				3
Stock and performance awards			—				8
Convertible notes			—				89
Average shares outstanding – diluted			1,101				1,169

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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