Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM

232.48 3.10 1.35% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$91.7B
P/E
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Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) Operating margin

Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.4%, up 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (24.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.70% (fiscal 2017) to 24.8% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 4.54% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.15%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 24.8% 2.81
FY2024 22.0% 3.86
FY2023 18.1% 1.89
FY2022 16.2% 1.19
FY2021 15.0% 3.14
FY2020 11.9% 3.74
FY2019 8.16% (3.27)
FY2018 11.4% 7.73
FY2017 3.70% (4.00)
FY2016 7.70% 2.64

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 27.9% (4.64)
Mar 2026 32.6% 10.00
Dec 2025 22.6% (3.39)
Sep 2025 26.0% 0.57
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.70% High 24.8%
Ten-year median 11.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 46.0%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. 27.4%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 24.0%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 11.9%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare 10.7%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 10.5%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 10.3%
BA The Boeing Company compare 4.89%
RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation compare −29.1%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 4.54%
Industrials sector median 5.15%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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