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

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) Return on assets

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Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 15.4%, up 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.57% (fiscal 2016) to 13.9% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 2.70% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.21%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 13.9% 2.87
FY2024 11.0% 3.63
FY2023 7.38% 2.82
FY2022 4.56% 2.20
FY2021 2.36% 0.57
FY2020 1.79% (0.79)
FY2019 2.58% (0.90)
FY2018 3.48% 4.14
FY2017 −0.66% 2.91
FY2016 −3.57% (2.51)

Against its own ten years

Low −3.57% High 13.9%
Ten-year median 2.58%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. 15.4%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 10.4%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 9.18%
HEI.A Heico Corporation compare 9.18%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare 8.97%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 7.73%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 7.67%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 4.42%
BA The Boeing Company compare 1.30%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 2.70%
Industrials sector median 1.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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