11,382 Shares in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM Acquired by M Holdings Securities Inc.

M Holdings Securities Inc. bought a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 11,382 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,334,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in Howmet Aerospace by 339.3% during the fourth quarter. Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,847 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,199,000 after purchasing an additional 4,516 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 8.2% in the 4th quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH now owns 475,814 shares of the company’s stock valued at $96,916,000 after acquiring an additional 36,195 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 20.3% in the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 153,889 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,198,000 after acquiring an additional 25,957 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp raised its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 75.0% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 42,975 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,810,000 after acquiring an additional 18,417 shares during the period. Finally, Munich Reinsurance Co Stock Corp in Munich purchased a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 3rd quarter valued at $33,583,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Howmet Aerospace

In related news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 41,932 shares of Howmet Aerospace stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $269.50, for a total transaction of $11,300,674.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 65,105 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,545,797.50. The trade was a 39.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.85% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on HWM. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $280.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Susquehanna raised their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $285.53.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Performance

Howmet Aerospace stock opened at $249.44 on Thursday. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a 12-month low of $165.51 and a 12-month high of $280.74. The company has a market capitalization of $99.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 2.44 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $252.26 and its 200 day moving average price is $233.11.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.11. Howmet Aerospace had a net margin of 20.23% and a return on equity of 29.27%. The firm had revenue of $2.31 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.24 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.86 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. 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, research analysts forecast that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Howmet Aerospace Dividend Announcement

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

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.