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
0.29%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
10.60
Beneish M
−2.55
Dividend safety
78/100

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) Free cash flow margin

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Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 22.1%, up 4.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.97% (fiscal 2017) to 17.5% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 1.43% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 17.5% 4.18
FY2024 13.3% 2.97
FY2023 10.3% (0.26)
FY2022 10.6% 4.89
FY2021 5.67% 8.41
FY2020 −2.74% (1.66)
FY2019 −1.08% 2.49
FY2018 −3.57% 1.40
FY2017 −4.97% (2.24)
FY2016 −2.73% (6.87)

Against its own ten years

Low −4.97% High 17.5%
Ten-year median 4.14%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. 22.1%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 19.9%
HEI.A Heico Corporation compare 19.9%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 19.3%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 12.2%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 11.8%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 11.3%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare 8.50%
BA The Boeing Company compare −0.14%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 1.43%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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