Yousif Capital Management LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Yousif Capital Management LLC decreased its holdings in Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) by 11.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 43,605 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,837 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Howmet Aerospace were worth $9,609,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY increased its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY now owns 1,949 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,000 after buying an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. Global Trust Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 1.2% in the third quarter. Global Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 4,110 shares of the company’s stock valued at $807,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,023 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,030,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 66.7% in the fourth quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 125 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Finally, REAP Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 24.1% in the third quarter. REAP Financial Group LLC now owns 263 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,000 after buying an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on HWM shares. KeyCorp started coverage on Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. They issued a “sector weight” rating for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $227.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Howmet Aerospace from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, January 18th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Sunday, February 15th. Finally, Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $255.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Howmet Aerospace currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $260.30.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Up 6.0%

Shares of HWM opened at $250.11 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 2.13. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a one year low of $112.08 and a one year high of $267.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $100.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.41, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.24. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $239.67 and a 200 day moving average price of $215.56.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $2.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.77 earnings per share. 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 forecast that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 6th were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. 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 12.94%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Howmet Aerospace news, VP Barbara Lou Shultz sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total transaction of $260,000.00. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 23,874 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,207,240. The trade was a 4.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 45,150 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $251.70, for a total value of $11,364,255.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 107,008 shares in the company, valued at $26,933,913.60. This trade represents a 29.67% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 1.04% of the company’s stock.

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.