Partners Capital Investment Group LLP Makes New Investment in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Partners Capital Investment Group LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 7,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,936,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. West Paces Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Howmet Aerospace during the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Howmet Aerospace by 55.1% in the second quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC now owns 107 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Howmet Aerospace in the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 119.7% during the 2nd quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 134 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 65.1% during the 4th quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 137 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Howmet Aerospace Price Performance

HWM stock opened at $263.12 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $278.46 and its 200-day moving average price is $259.33. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a one year low of $170.81 and a one year high of $310.00. The company has a market capitalization of $105.28 billion, a PE ratio of 56.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.82.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.09. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 33.91% and a net margin of 20.52%.The firm had revenue of $2.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.43 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.91 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 24.1% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 EPS for the current fiscal 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 represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 7th. This is an increase from Howmet Aerospace’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is 12.07%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on HWM. BTIG Research upped their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $300.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $335.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $318.00 to $328.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday. Wall Street Zen cut Howmet Aerospace from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, July 5th. Finally, Susquehanna raised their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $316.22.

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.