Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

• Market cap: $49.9B
• 1 day: -0.56%
• 5 days: -0.11%
• 1 month: -4.67%
• 3 months: -1.65%
• 6 months: 16.02%
• Year to date: 11.23%
• 1 year: 94.19%
• 5 years: 957.77%
• 10 years: 551.32%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense

About: Howmet Aerospace Inc produces products that are majorly used in aerospace, commercial transportation, and industrial and other markets. The company seeks to provide its customers with solutions by offering differentiated products such as airfoils with cooling and coatings for extreme temperature applications, specially designed fasteners for lightweight composite airframe construction, reduced assembly costs, lightning strike protection, and lightweight aluminum commercial wheels. It has four reportable segments namely, Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels.

Employees: 23,930

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

244% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 189 | Existing positions closed: 55

83% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q3] → 11 (+5) [Q4]

24% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 362 | Existing positions reduced: 291

15% more funds holding

Funds holding: 846 [Q3] → 970 (+124) [Q4]

13% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $35.9B [Q3] → $40.6B (+$4.7B) [Q4]

3.5% more ownership

Funds ownership: 87.92% [Q3] → 91.42% (+3.5%) [Q4]

9% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $154M | Put options by funds: $141M

Research analyst outlook

6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $118 4% downside
• Avg. target: $136 11% upside
• High target: $155 26% upside

6 analyst ratings

• positive: 5 83%
• neutral: 1 17%
• negative: 0 0%

Truist Securities Michael Ciarmoli 57% 1-year accuracy 44 / 77 met price target	10% upside $136	Buy Maintained	17 Apr 2025
Wells Fargo Matthew Akers 62% 1-year accuracy 48 / 78 met price target	4% downside $118	Equal-Weight Downgraded	15 Apr 2025
Morgan Stanley Kristine Liwag 52% 1-year accuracy 11 / 21 met price target	26% upside $155	Overweight Maintained	19 Feb 2025
Goldman Sachs Noah Poponak 38% 1-year accuracy 8 / 21 met price target	13% upside $139	Buy Maintained	18 Feb 2025
Barclays David Strauss 44% 1-year accuracy 12 / 27 met price target	14% upside $140	Overweight Maintained	18 Feb 2025