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Howmet Aerospace Inc.

$HWM·$108B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$272.43+0.5%YTD+32.6%1Y+44.3%
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HWHWM
$HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.
$272.43+0.46%324 posts+8%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $HWM, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

The aerospace-and-hyperscaler cross-play — 84% of range with fundamentals earning the re-rate.

Howmet Aerospace makes the high-performance engineered components — engine parts, fasteners, wheels, structural products — for commercial aerospace, defense, and now specifically the hyperscaler-turbine complex driving AI-datacenter power. The stock is at 84% of its 52-week range on that mix.

Why the setup reads clean:

  • Fundamentals justify the re-rate: 28% operating margin, 17% return on invested capital, and 33% gross margin at 58x TTM P/E — those are the specific numbers behind Howmet earning the premium multiple relative to broad aerospace peers.
  • The category positioning is the specific unlock: airlines, hyperscalers, and turbines all flow through HWM's engineered-parts portfolio — meaning the AI-datacenter-power capex cycle adds a specific incremental revenue lever on top of aerospace recovery.
  • The tape confirms institutional flow: sitting 2% above the 50-day and 17% above the 200-day at 84% of the 52-week range — the pattern of a stock being repositioned into on the multi-catalyst framing.
  • The check is the multiple: 58x TTM P/E leaves no room for a Q that fails to confirm the aerospace-plus-hyperscaler mix — meaning the print has to deliver on both.

Aug 6 earnings is the trigger. A number confirming aerospace deliveries plus specific turbine-segment revenue commentary extends the leg; a soft turbine or aerospace print is the specific setup that would compress the multiple to peers.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on the airlines/hyperscaler/turbine exposure and the aerospace-AI theme grouping, and the fundamentals genuinely justify the re-rate — 28% operating margin on an engineered-parts industrial is elite. The gap the corpus isn't sizing is the multiple; at 58x P/E, both aerospace and turbine segments have to deliver together.

What to watch: The Aug 6 print — aerospace delivery trajectory, engine-parts revenue mix, and turbine segment growth commentary. Above-consensus aerospace plus turbine growth extends the leg; a soft turbine or aerospace print compresses the multiple.

On the calendar: 2026-08-06 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-12

Posts describe Howmet Aerospace in focus as Nasdaq reclaims key levels, with HWM featured in Stock Market Today and momentum-name watchlists alongside HOOD, DELL, CGNX, and ARGX. Bulls cite airlines/hyperscalers/turbines exposure and portfolio holdings placing HWM alongside APP, ALAB, CRDO, and CRWD as leading themes in aerospace and AI.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes precision-cast titanium and nickel airfoils, fasteners, and structural components for jet engines and airframes.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HWM.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.

What this means for $HWM

Neutral — Makes precision-cast titanium and nickel airfoils, fasteners, and structural components for jet engines and airframes; end markets and revenue mix have limited overlap with the defense budget expansion and space commercialization.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+7.1%YTD
+17.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
57.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
17.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
27.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
11.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
33.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
32.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$1.22$1.11+9.9%
Q4 2025Feb 12, 2026$1.05$0.96+8.8%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$0.95$0.91+4.4%
Q2 2025Jul 31, 2025$0.91$0.87+4.4%
Next earningsThu, Aug 6·consensus EPS $1.24

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$2.3B+19.1%36.9%31.7%$1.45$359.0M
Q4 FY25$2.2B+14.6%31.5%26.6%$0.93$530.0M
Q3 FY25$2.1B+13.8%31.2%25.9%$0.96$202.0M
Q2 FY25$2.1B+9.2%30.2%25.4%$1.01$344.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 16 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$9.7B$9.7B – $9.8B$5.06$4.63 – $5.2313
FY27$11.0B$10.8B – $11.1B$6.05$5.87 – $6.3414
FY28$12.3B$12.3B – $12.3B$7.16$6.37 – $8.6216
FY29$13.4B$13.2B – $13.7B$8.17$7.99 – $8.3915
FY30$14.4B$14.1B – $14.7B$8.81$8.61 – $9.0415

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.84%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+2.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+17.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 396.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.195-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellMay 11Marchuk Neil EdwardEVP, CAO41.9K sh$11.3MSellFeb 26Shultz Barbara LouPresident1.0K sh$260KSellFeb 18Marchuk Neil EdwardEVP, CAO45.1K sh$11.4M
+ 23 other (19 awards · 4 inkinds) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationMay 28S-3ASR
AI summary

Howmet Aerospace Inc. filed an automatic shelf registration statement (S-3ASR) on May 29, 2026, enabling the company to offer securities from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis. As a large accelerated filer, the shelf is immediately effective. No specific offering size or security type was disclosed in the available excerpt. This is a routine shelf renewal providing capital market flexibility, consistent with Howmet's investment-grade credit profile.

8-KShareholder voteMay 268-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Howmet Aerospace Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting on May 19, 2026, with 364.9M of 400.7M shares (91.1%) represented. All nine director nominees were elected for one-year terms with vote tallies ranging from approximately 325.8M to 341.3M in favor; shareholders also ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2026 and voted on a third proposal not fully detailed in the excerpt. This is a routine annual meeting with no unusual governance outcomes.

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 173
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for HWM on 2026-04-17, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 68-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

HWM filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-04-06. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

8-KAcquisition completedApr 68-K — Item 2.01: Acquisition completed
AI summary

HWM filed an 8-K (Item 2.01) dated 2026-04-06. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets On April 6, 2026, Howmet Aerospace Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Howmet Aerospace”), completed its previously announced purchase of Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, LLC (“Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a Connecticut corporati. May signal a transformative corporate event.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 108-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
8-KMaterial debt obligationMar 38-K — Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 8.01: Other event
424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Feb 19424B5
+ 28 other (12 S-8 POSs · 4 13Gs · 3 routine 8-Ks · 2 earnings 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Howmet (HWM) Declines More Than Market: Some Information for Investorszacks.com·1d agoHowmet Jumps on Airline, Hyperscaler Demandfxempire.com·3d agoStrength in Commercial Aerospace Drives Howmet: More Upside to Come?zacks.com·4d agoHowmet (HWM) Stock Slides as Market Rises: Facts to Know Before You Tradezacks.com·7d agoLMT or HWM: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?zacks.com·7d ago

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