“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 ↗
Howmet Aerospace Inc.
HWM
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.
- Revenue increased 19.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- 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.
Research brief
The story so far
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.
- 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.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- HWM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- 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.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- EV/sales is 57% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
227.99Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“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 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 ↗
“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.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
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.
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.