5,809 Shares in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM Purchased by Live Oak Investment Partners

Live Oak Investment Partners bought a new stake in Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 5,809 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,562,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in HWM. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 2nd quarter valued at about $12,318,939,000. State Street Corp increased its position in Howmet Aerospace by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 18,365,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,765,280,000 after buying an additional 400,767 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 27.0% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 16,632,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,409,936,000 after buying an additional 3,531,700 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,307,538 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,316,277,000 after buying an additional 221,775 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 1.7% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,728,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,472,478,000 after buying an additional 177,533 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $310.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $318.00 price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. Zacks Research raised shares of Howmet Aerospace from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $325.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Monday, August 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $315.67.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Down 3.1%

HWM stock opened at $283.47 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 1.82 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $113.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.09, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.20. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $278.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $258.07. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $169.45 and a fifty-two week high of $310.00.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $2.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.43 billion. Howmet Aerospace had a net margin of 20.52% and a return on equity of 33.91%. Howmet Aerospace’s quarterly revenue was up 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.91 earnings per share. Howmet Aerospace has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.340-1.360 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 5.230-5.310 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 7th will be paid a $0.14 dividend. This is a positive change from Howmet Aerospace’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 7th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12.07%.

Howmet Aerospace Profile

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.