Vanguard Group Inc. Increases Holdings in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) by 1.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 49,139,989 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 664,595 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. owned approximately 0.12% of Howmet Aerospace worth $9,642,740,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Traub Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Howmet Aerospace during the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the second quarter worth approximately $25,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 119.7% during the second quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 134 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 73 shares during the last quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 52.0% during the third quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC now owns 152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Manning & Napier Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Howmet Aerospace in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HWM has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. iA Financial set a $240.00 target price on Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $247.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $255.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $190.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, BTIG Research lifted their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $238.95.

Howmet Aerospace Trading Up 2.3%

NYSE:HWM opened at $250.46 on Tuesday. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a one year low of $105.04 and a one year high of $256.70. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $213.66 and a 200-day moving average price of $198.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $100.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.09.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $2.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.12 billion. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 30.41% and a net margin of 18.27%.Howmet Aerospace’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.77 earnings per share. Howmet Aerospace has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.350-4.550 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 EPS for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 25th. Investors of record on Friday, February 6th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 6th. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.94%.

About Howmet Aerospace

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.