Sei Investments Co. Raises Stock Holdings in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Sei Investments Co. lifted its stake in Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) by 3.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 749,623 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 21,766 shares during the quarter. Sei Investments Co.’s holdings in Howmet Aerospace were worth $172,756,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 18,365,429 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,765,280,000 after acquiring an additional 400,767 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 27.0% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 16,632,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,409,936,000 after purchasing an additional 3,531,700 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,307,538 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,316,277,000 after purchasing an additional 221,775 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Howmet Aerospace during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,793,698,000. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,533,106 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,134,398,000 after purchasing an additional 39,873 shares during the period. 90.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Howmet Aerospace

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

Howmet Aerospace Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of HWM opened at $281.29 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $112.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 65.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 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. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a 1 year low of $169.45 and a 1 year high of $290.63. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $266.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $248.45.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $1.22 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 earned $0.86 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.1% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities analysts expect that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on HWM. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $320.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. KeyCorp initiated coverage on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. They set a “sector weight” rating on the stock. Susquehanna upped their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Citigroup increased their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $303.00 to $311.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Howmet Aerospace from $265.00 to $310.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $293.21.

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.