At the time of writing, Howmet Aerospace Inc [HWM] stock is trading at $166.24, up 2.11%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The HWM shares have gain 5.91% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 34.90%, and 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Howmet Aerospace Inc fluctuated between $76.83 and $162.91. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $124 within the next 12 months. Howmet Aerospace Inc [NYSE: HWM] shares were valued at $166.24 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -25.41% based on the average HWM price forecast.
Analyzing the HWM fundamentals
According to Howmet Aerospace Inc [NYSE:HWM], the company’s sales were 7.55B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 6.47% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.17%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.12, Equity is 0.28 and Total Capital is 0.19. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.73.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Howmet Aerospace Inc [NYSE:HWM] has a current ratio of 2.30. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.07 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.35. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.89, the price to book ratio is 14.18 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 54.20.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Marchuk Neil Edward, EVP, HR, that happened on May 12 ’25 when 30000.0 shares were sold. Executive Chairman & CEO, PLANT JOHN C completed a deal on May 12 ’25 to sell 0.8 million shares. Meanwhile, Officer Marchuk Neil Edward bought 30000.0 shares on May 12 ’25.
