Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) VP Barbara Lou Shultz Sells 1,000 Shares

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) VP Barbara Lou Shultz sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total transaction of $260,000.00. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 23,874 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,207,240. The trade was a 4.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Howmet Aerospace Price Performance

HWM traded up $1.81 on Friday, reaching $262.12. 3,401,221 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,853,643. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a twelve month low of $105.04 and a twelve month high of $262.63. The stock has a market cap of $105.10 billion, a PE ratio of 70.65, a P/E/G ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.09. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $224.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $203.01.

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

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HWM has been the topic of several analyst reports. iA Financial set a $240.00 price target on Howmet Aerospace in a report on Monday, November 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $227.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Truist Financial set a $258.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Friday, January 9th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $228.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $252.95.

Institutional Trading of Howmet Aerospace

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HWM. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 2,548 shares of the company’s stock worth $279,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 1st quarter valued at $399,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 2nd quarter valued at $216,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 536,478 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,855,000 after acquiring an additional 9,439 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Howmet Aerospace during the 2nd quarter valued at about $261,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Howmet Aerospace Company 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.