Howmet Aerospace Inc.

HWM Industrials Aerospace & Defense

Howmet Aerospace Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.3 billion, up 11.1% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 24.1%, EPS grew 31.7%, free cash flow grew 38.0% and total debt rose 24.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for five.

220.96 1.26 +0.57%
Market cap
$87.6B
P/E
47.4×
Fwd P/E
48.4×
Dividend yield
0.23%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
10.60
Beneish M
−2.55
Dividend safety
78/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 22.92
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 2 — — 1 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 1.41%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 87,620.00
Revenue 9,117.00
Net Income 1,871.00
Free Cash Flow 2,017.00
Net Debt 3,488.00
Current Ratio 1.82 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.71
P/E ratio 47.42 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 48.40 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 9.69
P/B ratio 15.42 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 44.45% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 41.70% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 21.88% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 22.50% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 26.75% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 66.99%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 90.12%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 90.90%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 90.34%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 45.13%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.11
Annual Dividend Rate 0.50
Annual Dividend Yield 0.23%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.52
0.12
0.12
0.14
2025 0.44
0.10
0.10
0.12
0.12
2024 0.26
0.05
0.05
0.08
0.08
2023 0.17
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.05
2022 0.10
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.04
2021 0.04
0.02
0.02
2020 0.02
0.02
2019 0.12
0.06
0.02
0.02
0.02
2018 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2017 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2016 0.16
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.09
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 610 564 742 563
Receivables 692 709 796 1,040
Inventory 1,765 1,840 1,849 2,183
Other — — — —
3,316 3,362 3,779 4,193
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 982 948 845 1,149
ST’ Debt 206 6 191 1
Other 200 111 121 134
1,784 1,549 1,771 2,306

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (4.00%) 9.43% 13.37%
Cash Flow 1.76% 191.18% 36.98%
Earnings 0.00% 42.20% 47.74%
Book Value (9.25%) 8.40% 14.13%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,313 2,547 — — —
’25 1,942 2,053 2,089 2,168 8,252
’24 1,824 1,880 1,835 1,891 7,430
’23 1,603 1,648 1,658 1,731 6,640
’22 1,324 1,393 1,433 1,513 5,663
’21 1,209 1,195 1,283 1,285 4,972
’20 1,634 1,253 1,134 1,238 5,259
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 453 583 — — —
’25 253 446 531 654 1,884
’24 177 397 244 480 1,298
’23 23 229 191 458 901
’22 55 158 65 455 733
’21 (6) 85 67 303 449
’20 (208) 31 35 151 9
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 584 479 — — —
’25 139 347 424 530 1,440
’24 102 343 163 378 986
’23 (41) 188 133 404 684
’22 (6) 155 23 426 598
’21 (61) 57 20 266 282
’20 (246) (1) (1) 104 (144)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.44 1.33 — — —
’25 0.84 1.00 0.95 0.92 3.71
’24 0.59 0.65 0.81 0.77 2.81
’23 0.35 0.46 0.45 0.57 1.83
’22 0.31 0.35 0.19 0.26 1.11
’21 0.18 0.17 0.06 0.18 0.59
’20 0.49 (0.22) 0.08 0.24 0.59
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 12.85 14.29 11.99 12.36 8.73 22.91 29.35 38.17 52.56 105.04

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 17.36 23.54 23.90 24.53 28.76 36.03 39.78 54.53 120.71 212.52
People
People Employees 41,500 41,500 43,000 41,700 19,700 19,900 21,400 23,200 23,930 25,430
Revenue/emp, $m 0.30 0.31 0.16 0.17 0.27 0.25 0.26 0.29 0.31 0.32
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 12,394 12,960 6,778 7,098 5,259 4,972 5,663 6,640 7,430 8,252
Gross margin, % 21.77 21.13 24.55 26.54 26.26 27.67 27.55 28.12 31.10 34.17
EBT 414 470 428 210 171 324 606 975 1,383 1,840
EBT margin, % 3.34 3.63 6.31 2.96 3.25 6.52 10.70 14.68 18.61 22.30
Net income (878) (74) 642 470 261 258 469 765 1,155 1,508
Depreciation 1,132 1,270 576 536 338 270 265 272 277 283
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 28.30 28.74 14.03 15.91 12.09 11.56 13.61 16.12 18.21 20.43
Earnings (2.28) (0.28) 1.33 1.05 0.59 0.60 1.12 1.85 2.83 3.73
Cash flow 0.22 (0.09) 0.45 1.03 0.02 1.04 1.76 2.19 3.18 4.66
Capex (0.99) (1.34) (0.95) (1.21) (0.35) (0.39) (0.32) (0.53) (0.76) (1.10)
Free cash flow (0.77) (1.43) (0.50) (0.17) (0.33) 0.66 1.44 1.66 2.42 3.56
Book value 11.74 10.92 11.56 10.33 8.22 8.16 8.66 9.80 11.16 13.25
Shares, m 438 451 483 446 435 430 416 412 408 404
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 9.72 22.26 48.37 53.95 34.88 28.89 38.78 54.82
P/S 0.52 0.74 0.45 1.15 2.35 2.75 2.87 3.33 6.01 10.04
P/B 1.27 1.97 1.13 2.24 3.51 3.96 4.58 5.56 9.92 15.47
EV/Sales 1.02 1.10 0.74 1.65 3.02 3.47 3.47 3.80 6.38 10.32
EV/FCF (37.50) (22.20) (42.57) (190.24) (110.20) 61.11 32.86 36.89 48.05 59.12
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 95 (39) 217 461 9 449 733 901 1,298 1,884
Capex (433) (605) (459) (538) (153) (167) (135) (217) (312) (444)
Free cash flow (338) (644) (242) (77) (144) 282 598 684 986 1,440
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 3,143 3,554 3,061 1,718 2,012 1,484 1,661 1,532 1,813 2,008
Total debt 8,084 6,844 6,330 5,978 5,113 4,265 4,194 3,706 3,315 3,050
Net debt 6,221 4,694 4,053 4,401 3,503 3,545 3,403 3,096 2,751 2,308
Shareholders’ equity 5,141 4,924 5,585 4,605 3,577 3,508 3,601 4,037 4,554 5,353
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (3.57) (0.66) 3.48 2.58 1.79 2.36 4.56 7.38 11.01 13.88
ROIC 5.25 3.12 5.03 4.02 5.53 6.63 8.20 10.54 13.97 16.69
ROE (10.54) (2.55) 12.52 9.29 6.42 7.34 13.34 20.27 27.19 30.57
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Howmet Aerospace Inc. vs peers in Aerospace & Defense (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
BA The Boeing Company $149.2B 71.2× 468× +7.96% (above 0%: growing) n/m +417.59% (above 0%: growing) 9.83% 0.64% Compare
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation $122.9B 20.3× 17.5× +10.51% (above 0%: growing) +446.58% (above 0%: growing) +2,044.67% (above 0%: growing) 12.19% 12.36% Compare
GD General Dynamics Corporation $91.2B 20.7× 20.8× +8.07% (above 0%: growing) +13.49% (above 0%: growing) +17.57% (above 0%: growing) 15.49% 10.36% Compare
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. $87.6B 47.4× 48.4× +24.06% (above 0%: growing) +31.68% (above 0%: growing) +38.04% (above 0%: growing) 37.34% 27.92%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation $71.0B 16.5× 19.5× +5.07% (above 0%: growing) −5.75% (below 0%: shrinking) +53.53% (above 0%: growing) 19.50% 10.08% Compare
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated $62.7B 34.6× 35.3× +22.53% (above 0%: growing) +10.86% (above 0%: growing) +13.44% (above 0%: growing) 59.39% 44.76% Compare
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc $44.8B 25.0× 26.5× +8.39% (above 0%: growing) +28.57% (above 0%: growing) +37.43% (above 0%: growing) 25.54% 11.12% Compare
HEI Heico Corporation $36.7B 51.0× 55.0× +23.13% (above 0%: growing) +33.07% (above 0%: growing) +47.74% (above 0%: growing) 41.12% 25.14% Compare
HEI.A Heico Corporation $36.6B 38.3× 55.0× +23.13% (above 0%: growing) +33.07% (above 0%: growing) +47.74% (above 0%: growing) 41.12% 25.14% Compare
Median of peers $66.8B 29.8× 30.9× +9.45% +28.57% +47.74% 22.52% 11.74%

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Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) key facts

  • Strength: Howmet Aerospace Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.3 billion, up 11.1% from fiscal 2024.
  • Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) is an Aerospace & Defense company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, HWM traded at $220.96, a market capitalization of $87.6 billion.
  • Howmet Aerospace Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share, a yield of 0.23%, with a payout ratio of 10.8%.
  • Return on equity was 30.6% and debt-to-equity 0.71.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 10.60 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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