Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM Shares Bought by Swiss National Bank

Swiss National Bank grew its stake in Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) by 6.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,120,884 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 71,500 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in Howmet Aerospace were worth $258,319,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 339.3% in the 4th quarter. Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,199,000 after buying an additional 4,516 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH raised its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 8.2% during the fourth quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH now owns 475,814 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,916,000 after acquiring an additional 36,195 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp raised its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 75.0% during the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 42,975 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,810,000 after acquiring an additional 18,417 shares during the period. MUFG Securities EMEA plc lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 752.6% in the fourth quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc now owns 65,783 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,487,000 after acquiring an additional 58,067 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 57.5% in the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 14,190 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,909,000 after acquiring an additional 5,181 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on HWM. Susquehanna upped their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $303.00 to $311.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $320.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $260.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $293.21.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Performance

HWM opened at $272.26 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $266.31 and its 200-day moving average is $246.67. The stock has a market cap of $108.93 billion, a PE ratio of 63.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a current ratio of 2.44, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a twelve month low of $169.45 and a twelve month high of $290.63.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $2.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.24 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.86 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.1% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts predict that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 41,932 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 65,105 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,545,797.50. This trade represents a 39.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.85% of the company’s stock.

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.