Alcoa Corp (NYSE:AA) might not have been the talk among financial news outlets in 2021, but bullish traders and investors didn't need the support. Since January 2021, Alcoa stock's one-year return has outperformed several of the world's most popular electric vehicle and tech stocks: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F).