Collaborative Fund Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 1,859 Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Collaborative Fund Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 1,859 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $428,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,793,698,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in Howmet Aerospace by 27.0% during 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 purchasing an additional 3,531,700 shares in the last quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its position in Howmet Aerospace by 20,402.0% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 1,441,906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,562,000 after purchasing an additional 1,434,873 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 12.2% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 7,367,438 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,445,712,000 after purchasing an additional 801,093 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 27.8% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,754,204 shares of the company’s stock worth $564,667,000 after purchasing an additional 599,151 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Howmet Aerospace news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 41,932 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $269.50, for a total value of $11,300,674.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 65,105 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,545,797.50. This trade represents a 39.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.85% of the company’s stock.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Performance

NYSE HWM opened at $270.59 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $261.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $242.09. The stock has a market cap of $108.26 billion, a PE ratio of 62.78, a PEG ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.19. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $169.45 and a fifty-two week high of $290.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 2.44.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.11. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 29.27% and a net margin of 20.23%.The company had revenue of $2.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.24 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.86 EPS. Howmet Aerospace’s revenue was up 19.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Howmet Aerospace has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.880-5.000 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.240 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 8th were issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 8th. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is presently 11.14%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HWM has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. BTIG Research lifted their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Citigroup upped their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $303.00 to $311.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Sunday, May 10th. Finally, Wolfe Research set a $270.00 target price on Howmet Aerospace and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Howmet Aerospace presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.95.

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.