Aventura Private Wealth LLC Takes $800,000 Position in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Aventura Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 3,903 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $800,000.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 2,548 shares of the company’s stock worth $279,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace during the 1st quarter worth about $399,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace in the 2nd quarter valued at about $216,000. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 24.7% in the 2nd quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 12,997 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,419,000 after acquiring an additional 2,576 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthspire Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 74.8% in the 2nd quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 2,814 shares of the company’s stock valued at $524,000 after acquiring an additional 1,204 shares during the period. 90.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on HWM. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $278.00 price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $227.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Wolfe Research set a $270.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $280.00 target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $256.15.

Insider Activity at Howmet Aerospace

In other Howmet Aerospace news, EVP Neil Edward Marchuk sold 45,150 shares of Howmet Aerospace stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $251.70, for a total transaction of $11,364,255.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 107,008 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,933,913.60. The trade was a 29.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, VP Barbara Lou Shultz sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total value of $260,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 23,874 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,207,240. This trade represents a 4.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Company insiders own 1.04% of the company’s stock.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Down 0.8%

HWM opened at $231.07 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 2.13. The company has a market capitalization of $92.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.21. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $105.04 and a fifty-two week high of $267.31. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $235.66 and a 200-day moving average of $210.64.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.08. Howmet Aerospace had a net margin of 18.27% and a return on equity of 30.41%. The business had revenue of $2.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.12 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.77 earnings per share. Howmet Aerospace’s revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Howmet Aerospace has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.350-4.550 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 3.27 EPS for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 6th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 6th. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.94%.

Howmet Aerospace Company 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.