Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) Receives $285.53 Average PT from Analysts

Shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-two ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eighteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $287.5263.

Several analysts have recently issued reports on HWM shares. Wolfe Research set a $270.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial set a $280.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. BNP Paribas Exane reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $340.00 price target (up from $265.00) on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 41,932 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $269.50, for a total value of $11,300,674.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 65,105 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,545,797.50. This represents a 39.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.85% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 49,139,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,642,740,000 after buying an additional 664,595 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 18,365,429 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,765,280,000 after buying an additional 400,767 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 27.0% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 16,632,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,409,936,000 after buying an additional 3,531,700 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,307,538 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,316,277,000 after buying an additional 221,775 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in Howmet Aerospace by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,877,771 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,134,545,000 after purchasing an additional 255,419 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Down 1.8%

HWM stock opened at $278.26 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $111.33 billion, a PE ratio of 64.56, a P/E/G ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 2.44. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $256.91 and its 200 day moving average is $236.09. Howmet Aerospace has a one year low of $169.06 and a one year high of $290.63.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.24 billion. Howmet Aerospace had a net margin of 20.23% and a return on equity of 29.27%. The firm’s revenue was up 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.86 earnings per share. Howmet Aerospace has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.880-5.000 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.240 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Howmet Aerospace will post 5.04 EPS for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 8th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 8th. Howmet Aerospace’s payout ratio is 11.14%.

Howmet Aerospace Company Profile

Howmet Aerospace Inc is an industrial technology company that designs, manufactures and repairs engineered metal products for the aerospace, transportation and industrial markets. Its product portfolio includes precision castings and forgings, engineered fasteners, seamless rolled rings, and complex components for turbine engines, airframes and industrial gas turbines. The company also provides aftermarket services such as component repair, overhaul and parts distribution to support the operating fleet of commercial and military customers.

Howmet serves a global customer base of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket operators, with manufacturing, service and distribution facilities across North America, Europe and Asia.