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

Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 49,139,989 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 664,595 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned 12.22% of Howmet Aerospace worth $9,642,740,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 0.4% during the third quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 14,936 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,931,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D lifted its position in Howmet Aerospace by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 133,019 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,102,000 after buying an additional 2,896 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in Howmet Aerospace by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 73,352 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,394,000 after buying an additional 854 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 6.0% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 32,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,399,000 after buying an additional 1,852 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aberdeen Group plc grew its position in Howmet Aerospace by 1.7% during the third quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 348,339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,964,000 after acquiring an additional 5,687 shares during the last quarter. 90.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on HWM. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Sunday. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $215.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $240.00 target price for the company. Susquehanna raised their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $255.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $238.95.

Howmet Aerospace Price Performance

HWM stock opened at $250.46 on Tuesday. 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 Inc. has a 1 year low of $105.04 and a 1 year high of $256.70. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $213.66 and a 200 day moving average of $198.53. The company has a market cap of $100.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.51, a PEG ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.26.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.08. The firm 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%.The business’s revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.77 EPS. 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, sell-side analysts forecast that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 EPS for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 25th. Investors of record on Friday, February 6th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 6th. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.94%.

Howmet Aerospace Profile

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.