Insider Selling: Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) VP Sells 1,000 Shares of Stock

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) VP Barbara Lou Shultz sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total transaction of $260,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 23,874 shares in the company, valued at $6,207,240. This trade represents a 4.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Performance

NYSE HWM traded up $1.81 on Friday, reaching $262.12. 3,401,221 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,853,643. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $105.04 and a fifty-two week high of $262.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 2.13. The firm has a market cap of $105.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 70.65, a P/E/G ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.26. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $224.60 and a 200-day moving average price of $203.01.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.12 billion. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 30.41% and a net margin of 18.27%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.77 EPS. Howmet Aerospace has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.350-4.550 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 6th were issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 6th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. Howmet Aerospace’s payout ratio is presently 12.94%.

Institutional Trading of Howmet Aerospace

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Banque Transatlantique SA boosted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 25.6% in the 4th quarter. Banque Transatlantique SA now owns 178,434 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,699,000 after buying an additional 36,406 shares during the last quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 39.9% during the fourth quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. now owns 2,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $424,000 after acquiring an additional 582 shares during the last quarter. MV Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. McLaughlin Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,730,000. Finally, Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently commented on HWM. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $227.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Friday, October 31st. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Sunday, February 15th. Finally, iA Financial set a $240.00 price target on Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $252.95.

About Howmet Aerospace

Howmet Aerospace Inc is an industrial technology company that designs, manufactures and repairs engineered metal products for the aerospace, transportation and industrial markets. Its product portfolio includes precision castings and forgings, engineered fasteners, seamless rolled rings, and complex components for turbine engines, airframes and industrial gas turbines. The company also provides aftermarket services such as component repair, overhaul and parts distribution to support the operating fleet of commercial and military customers.

Howmet serves a global customer base of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket operators, with manufacturing, service and distribution facilities across North America, Europe and Asia.