Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM Shares Bought by Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC grew its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) by 121.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,521 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,768 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in Howmet Aerospace were worth $2,181,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Voya Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 9.1% in the 3rd quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 1,247,220 shares of the company’s stock worth $244,742,000 after acquiring an additional 104,207 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 59.2% during the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 1,401,335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,288,000 after purchasing an additional 521,180 shares during the period. GRIMES & Co WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC bought a new position in Howmet Aerospace in the 3rd quarter worth about $1,581,000. LBP AM SA increased its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 18.0% in the third quarter. LBP AM SA now owns 68,499 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,442,000 after purchasing an additional 10,460 shares during the period. Finally, Greenup Street Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 76.3% in the third quarter. Greenup Street Wealth Management LLC now owns 20,972 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,115,000 after purchasing an additional 9,078 shares during the period. 90.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on HWM. BTIG Research boosted their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $227.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $278.00 price target on Howmet Aerospace and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $280.00 price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $252.95.

Insider Activity at Howmet Aerospace

In other news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 45,150 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $251.70, for a total transaction of $11,364,255.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 107,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,933,913.60. This trade represents a 29.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Barbara Lou Shultz sold 1,000 shares of Howmet Aerospace stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total value of $260,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 23,874 shares in the company, valued at $6,207,240. The trade was a 4.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 1.04% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Howmet Aerospace Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of HWM stock opened at $260.05 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $227.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $204.98. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $105.04 and a fifty-two week high of $267.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $104.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.09, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 2.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.08. Howmet Aerospace had a net margin of 18.27% and a return on equity of 30.41%. The firm had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.12 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.77 earnings per share. Howmet Aerospace’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, sell-side analysts expect that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 25th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.94%.

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.