Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. Sells 6,929 Shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. trimmed its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) by 25.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 20,766 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,929 shares during the period. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Howmet Aerospace were worth $4,075,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 19,286 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,785,000 after acquiring an additional 716 shares during the last quarter. Intrust Bank NA lifted its position in Howmet Aerospace by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Intrust Bank NA now owns 4,056 shares of the company’s stock valued at $796,000 after acquiring an additional 131 shares in the last quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Howmet Aerospace by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 3,284 shares of the company’s stock worth $644,000 after acquiring an additional 114 shares during the last quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC lifted its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 17.3% in the third quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 1,396 shares of the company’s stock worth $274,000 after purchasing an additional 206 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bridgewater Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. now owns 1,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $279,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $280.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Bank of America boosted their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $255.00 to $283.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. iA Financial set a $240.00 price objective on Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Howmet Aerospace has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $252.95.

Howmet Aerospace Trading Down 0.6%

NYSE HWM opened at $256.51 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $219.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $201.06. The company has a current ratio of 2.13, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $102.84 billion, a PE ratio of 69.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 1.26. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a 12 month low of $105.04 and a 12 month high of $258.83.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.08. Howmet Aerospace had a net margin of 18.27% and a return on equity of 30.41%. The business had revenue of $2.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.12 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.77 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. On average, analysts expect that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 EPS for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 45,150 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $251.70, for a total value of $11,364,255.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 107,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,933,913.60. The trade was a 29.67% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders own 1.12% 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.