2,055 Shares in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM Acquired by Waystone Advisors LLC

Waystone Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,055 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $421,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Howmet Aerospace by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,307,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,316,277,000 after purchasing an additional 221,775 shares in the last quarter. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC increased its position in Howmet Aerospace by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $356,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. increased its position in Howmet Aerospace by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. now owns 1,679 shares of the company’s stock worth $344,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its position in Howmet Aerospace by 29.1% during the 4th quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 906 shares of the company’s stock worth $186,000 after purchasing an additional 204 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its position in Howmet Aerospace by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 20,079 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,117,000 after purchasing an additional 793 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Sunday, May 10th. BNP Paribas Exane reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $340.00 target price (up from $265.00) on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Friday, May 8th. Wolfe Research set a $270.00 target price on Howmet Aerospace and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Bank of America raised their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $271.00 to $303.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Howmet Aerospace currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $285.53.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:HWM opened at $258.03 on Thursday. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a one year low of $165.51 and a one year high of $280.74. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $248.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $229.65. 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 company has a market cap of $103.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.87, a PEG ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.19.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.11. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 29.27% and a net margin of 20.23%.The firm had revenue of $2.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.24 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.86 EPS. Howmet Aerospace’s quarterly revenue was up 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. 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, sell-side analysts forecast that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Announces Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Howmet Aerospace news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 41,932 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $269.50, for a total transaction of $11,300,674.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 65,105 shares in the company, valued at $17,545,797.50. This trade represents a 39.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.85% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.