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.

Revenue
+29.4%
EPS
+48.4%
Free cash flow
+32.8%
Total debt
+27.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

206.60 5.84 +2.91%
Market cap
$79.9B
P/E
39.3×
Fwd P/E
35.4×
Dividend yield
0.32%
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 September 2026 was 16.8%, up 2.9 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 1.90% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

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. 16.8%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 10.4%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 9.18%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare 8.88%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 7.91%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 7.73%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 4.74%
BA The Boeing Company compare 4.56%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. compare 0.00%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 1.90%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
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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