
HWM's Forged Wheels volumes show early recovery, but weak transportation demand and supply-chain issues remain key risks.
Howmet Aerospace Inc. is an American aerospace company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company manufactures components for jet engines, fasteners and titanium structures for aerospace applications, and forged aluminum wheels for heavy trucks.
| Revenue (TTM) | $9.12B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $3.29B |
| EBITDA | $2.79B |
| Operating Margin | 28.50% |
| Return on Equity | 34.70% |
| Return on Assets | 12.80% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $22.68 |
| Book Value | $14.33 |
| Price-to-Book | 18.12 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 11.34 |
| EV/Revenue | 11.84 |
| EV/EBITDA | 39.22 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 33.00% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 24.10% |
| Shares Outstanding | $398.80M |
| Float | $395.22M |
| % Insiders | 0.87% |
| % Institutions | 93.44% |
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HWM's Forged Wheels volumes show early recovery, but weak transportation demand and supply-chain issues remain key risks.

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?

Howmet Aerospace is a buy after an overdone selloff triggered by SpaceX/Tesla's turbine blade plans, which pose no near-term threat. HWM's core moat is protected by technical expertise, multi-year backlogs, and sole-supplier long-term agreements across commercial and defense aerospace. Financial strength is evident: 24% YoY revenue growth, 37.7% EBITDA margin, $838M YTD free cash flow, and ongoing share repurchases and dividend increases.

Howmet (HWM) has become technically an oversold stock now, which implies exhaustion of the heavy selling pressure on it. This, combined with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher, indicates a potential trend reversal for the stock in the near term.

JEPI's monthly payouts have quietly shrunk all year while the broader market surged past it, and the one event that could reverse both trends is now closer than most investors expect.

Howmet (HWM) possesses solid growth attributes, which could help it handily outperform the market.

HWM's commercial and defense strength, rising estimates and share gains outweigh its premium valuation, making it the better pick over GE.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM) announced today that John C. Plant, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer will speak at the 2026 Jefferies Global Industrials Conference in New York, NY on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 10:10 AM ET.

HWM's Q2 margin gains, fueled by strong aerospace demand and productivity, could support further expansion as 2026 unfolds.

MSGE, POWW and HWM made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on August 20th, 2026.
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