Analyzing Howmet Aerospace Inc (HWM)’s Gross, Operating, Pretax, and Net Margins

Howmet Aerospace Inc [HWM] stock is trading at $129.70, up 4.34%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HWM shares have gain 4.20% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.70%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Howmet Aerospace Inc [NYSE: HWM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 15, 2025, when Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $118 for it. Previously, Northcoast upgraded its rating to Neutral on April 09, 2025. On October 24, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sector Weight. Susquehanna started tracking the stock assigning a Positive rating and suggested a price target of $120 on October 08, 2024. BTIG Research initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $95 as its price target on June 26, 2024. RBC Capital Mkts started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on March 18, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $75. In a note dated January 10, 2024, Truist upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $47 to $74.

Howmet Aerospace Inc [HWM] stock has fluctuated between $62.83 and $140.55 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $124 within the next 12 months. Howmet Aerospace Inc [NYSE: HWM] shares were valued at $129.70 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.39% based on the average HWM price forecast.

Analyzing the HWM fundamentals

Howmet Aerospace Inc [NYSE:HWM] reported sales of 7.43B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 9.24%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.19%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.18. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.0.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 127.37 points at the first support level, and at 125.03 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 132.17, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 134.64.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Howmet Aerospace Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.17. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.98, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.77, the price to book ratio is 11.69 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 46.13.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved LIN LOLA FELICE, EVP, CL&CO and Secretary, that happened on Feb 18 ’25 when 6620.0 shares were sold. Officer, LIN LOLA FELICE completed a deal on Feb 18 ’25 to buy 6620.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, HR Marchuk Neil Edward sold 70637.0 shares on Aug 23 ’24.

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