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Howmet Aerospace Inc.

HWM

Industrials · 229.58 -1.3% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 09:30 GMT-4

Market read

Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 39 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 19.1% versus the comparable filing period.
Company-1.3% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 39 activeDiagnostics & Defense · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 7 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • HWM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if HWM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 39 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 19.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 7.1 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 68.6% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • HWM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations601
Usable filing statements174
Verified relationships7
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +11.1% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +2.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +2.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.25x in the latest annual period.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 57% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

227.99
6m-9.4%12m+27.4%24m+141.9%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$5.0B-5.5%$0.59-0.9%
2022-12-31$5.7B+13.9%$1.11-3.2%
2023-12-31$6.6B+17.3%$1.83-1.2%
2024-12-31$7.4B+11.9%$2.81-1.4%
2025-12-31$8.3B+11.1%$3.71-1.0%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Capital investment and capacitynegative · 5 filings
The increase of $1,688, or 796%, was primarily due to cash used for the CAM and Brunner acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $1,929, partially offset by an increase in proceeds from the sale of assets and businesses of $217, primarily due to the sale of its…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Demand and volumemixed · 5 filings
Segment Adjusted EBITDA for the Forged Wheels segment increased $12, or 16%, in the second quarter of 2026 compared to the second quarter of 2025, primarily due to cost reductions, including lower net headcount, partially offset by lower volumes in the commer…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Restructuring and cost reductionsnegative · 5 filings
Restructuring and other credits for the six months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily due to a gain on the sale of assets at a small U.K.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Foreign exchangemixed · 4 filings
Segment Adjusted EBITDA for the Forged Wheels segment increased $34, or 24%, in the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to cost reductions, including lower net headcount, as well as favorable foreign cu…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 11.2× · EV/sales 11.5×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

229.58-1.3% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 09:30 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for HWM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-01.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +4
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationpremium

What improved

  • Revenue increased 19.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 7.1 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 68.6% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

Forged Wheels First quarter ended March 31, 2026 2025 Third-party sales $ 295 $ 252 Segment Adjusted EBITDA 90 68 Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin 30.5 % 27.0 % Third-party sales for the Forged Wheels segment increased $43, or 17%, in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the first quarter of 2025 primarily due to an increase in aluminum and other inflationary cost pass through and favorable foreign currency exchange rates, partially offset by lower volumes in the commercial transportation market.

The increase of $371, or 19%, in the first quarter of 2026 was primarily due to growth in the commercial aerospace, defense aerospace, and gas turbines markets, including engine spares, favorable product pricing, and cost pass through, partially offset by lower volumes in the commercial transportation market.

Engine Products First quarter ended March 31, 2026 2025 Third-party sales $ 1,253 $ 974 Segment Adjusted EBITDA 458 318 Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin 36.6 % 32.6 % Third-party sales for the Engine Products segment increased $279, or 29%, in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the first quarter of 2025, primarily due to growth in the commercial aerospace, defense aerospace, and gas turbines markets, including engine spares growth.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind HWM

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

BAThe Boeing CompanycompetitorOct 30, 2025

The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) has been gradually increasing its production rates over the past several months, and Airbus SE (“Airbus”) has also signaled that its production rates are increasing, particularly in narrow body aircraft.

BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.competitorFeb 12, 2026

Principal competitors include Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its 2016 acquisition of Precision Castparts Corporation and subsidiaries, for titanium and titanium-based alloys, precision forgings, seamless rolled rings, investment castings, including airfoils…

Depended on by

SWKStanley Black & Decker, Inc.investeeApr 29, 2026

Divestitures On April 6, 2026, the Company completed the previously announced sale of its CAM business to Howmet Aerospace for $1.8 billion in cash.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

HWM is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Diagnostics & Defense. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for HWM; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.