Generali Investments CEE investicni spolecnost a.s. Invests $533,000 in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Generali Investments CEE investicni spolecnost a.s. bought a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 2,599 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $533,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in HWM. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 119.7% in the second quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 134 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares during the last quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 52.0% during the 3rd quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC now owns 152 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 3rd quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 339.0% in the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. 90.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Howmet Aerospace

In other news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 45,150 shares of Howmet Aerospace stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $251.70, for a total value of $11,364,255.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 107,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,933,913.60. The trade was a 29.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Barbara Lou Shultz sold 1,000 shares of Howmet Aerospace stock in a transaction dated 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 approximately $6,207,240. The trade was a 4.02% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders own 1.04% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on HWM. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $280.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Sunday, February 15th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Wolfe Research set a $270.00 target price on Howmet Aerospace and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $256.15.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Down 1.2%

Howmet Aerospace stock opened at $227.78 on Friday. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a twelve month low of $105.04 and a twelve month high of $267.31. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $236.98 and a two-hundred day moving average of $212.89. The company has a current ratio of 2.13, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $91.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.40, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.21.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.08. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 30.41% and a net margin of 18.27%.The business had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.12 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.77 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. As a group, research analysts expect that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 earnings per share for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

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

Howmet Aerospace Company 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.