Nykredit A S Takes $60.47 Million Position in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Nykredit A S purchased a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 224,918 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,471,000.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 13.2% in the second quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 192,199 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,675,000 after buying an additional 22,338 shares during the period. Beacon Financial Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $234,000. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. bought a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $253,000. Keeler Thomas Management LLC raised its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 7.7% in the 2nd quarter. Keeler Thomas Management LLC now owns 5,253 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,412,000 after acquiring an additional 376 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $850,000. 90.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on HWM. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $370.00 price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Sunday, August 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $325.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Howmet Aerospace from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, July 5th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $316.22.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Performance

Shares of HWM opened at $252.81 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The stock has a market cap of $101.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.48, a P/E/G ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.19. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $275.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $261.10. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a 52 week low of $172.41 and a 52 week high of $310.00.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $1.33 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $2.43 billion. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 33.91% and a net margin of 20.52%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.91 EPS. 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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 7th were issued a dividend of $0.14 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 7th. This is a boost from Howmet Aerospace’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is 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.