Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the nineteen brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and fourteen have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $176.2143.

A number of research analysts have issued reports on HWM shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $150.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Monday, June 30th. Zacks Research downgraded Howmet Aerospace from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 26th. Bank of America boosted their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $185.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, BTIG Research set a $205.00 price target on Howmet Aerospace and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 4th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 48,475,394 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,022,725,000 after buying an additional 662,132 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 30.1% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 31,806,624 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,920,181,000 after buying an additional 7,356,077 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 17,686,075 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,291,909,000 after buying an additional 205,424 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 7.0% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,938,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,032,221,000 after buying an additional 719,888 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Howmet Aerospace in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,633,157,000. 90.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Howmet Aerospace Price Performance

Shares of HWM stock opened at $188.79 on Friday. Howmet Aerospace has a fifty-two week low of $98.83 and a fifty-two week high of $198.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $76.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.20, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 2.31. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $182.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $167.33.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.87 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $2.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 28.17% and a net margin of 18.09%.The company’s revenue was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.67 earnings per share. Howmet Aerospace has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.890-0.910 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.560-3.640 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Howmet Aerospace will post 3.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 7th. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is presently 14.04%.

Howmet Aerospace Company Profile

Howmet Aerospace Inc provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels.