Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

• Market cap: $52.6B
• 1 day: -6.22%
• 5 days: 0.74%
• 1 month: 2.10%
• 3 months: 10.98%
• 6 months: 34.87%
• Year to date: 17.19%
• 1 year: 104.39%
• 5 years: 287.90%
• 10 years: 560.04%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals

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 filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

221% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 180 | Existing positions closed: 56

83% more funds holding in top 10

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

18% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 344 | Existing positions reduced: 292

11% more funds holding

Funds holding: 845 [Q3] → 939 (+94) [Q4]

8% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $37.8B [Q3] → $40.7B (+$2.94B) [Q4]

9% more call options, than puts

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

1.22% less ownership

Funds ownership: 92.42% [Q3] → 91.2% (-1.22%) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $130 0% upside
• Avg. target: $139 7% upside
• High target: $155 19% upside

6 analyst ratings

• positive: 6 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Morgan Stanley Kristine Liwag 67% 1-year accuracy 12 / 18 met price target	19% upside $155	Overweight Maintained	19 Feb 2025
Goldman Sachs Noah Poponak 64% 1-year accuracy 18 / 28 met price target	7% upside $139	Buy Maintained	18 Feb 2025
Barclays David Strauss 36% 1-year accuracy 10 / 28 met price target	8% upside $140	Overweight Maintained	18 Feb 2025
Truist Securities Michael Ciarmoli 68% 1-year accuracy 42 / 62 met price target	8% upside $140	Buy Reiterated	14 Feb 2025
JP Morgan Seth Seifman 36% 1-year accuracy 13 / 36 met price target	0% upside $130	Overweight Maintained	14 Feb 2025