Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Invests $730,000 in Howmet Aerospace Inc. $HWM

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC bought a new position in shares of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund bought 2,715 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $730,000.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 18,365,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,765,280,000 after buying an additional 400,767 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its position in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 27.0% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 16,632,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,409,936,000 after acquiring an additional 3,531,700 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,307,538 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,316,277,000 after acquiring an additional 221,775 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 1.7% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,728,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,472,478,000 after acquiring an additional 177,533 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Howmet Aerospace during the 4th quarter worth about $1,793,698,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings cut Howmet Aerospace from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $325.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $310.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 price objective on shares of Howmet Aerospace in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their target price on shares of Howmet Aerospace from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $315.67.

Howmet Aerospace Stock Up 0.1%

Howmet Aerospace stock opened at $289.37 on Tuesday. Howmet Aerospace Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $169.45 and a fifty-two week high of $310.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.82. The company has a market capitalization of $115.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.36, a PEG ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.20. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $276.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $256.96.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $2.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.43 billion. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 33.91% and a net margin of 20.52%.The business’s revenue was up 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.91 EPS. Howmet Aerospace has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.340-1.360 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 5.230-5.310 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Howmet Aerospace Inc. will post 5.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Howmet Aerospace Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 7th will be issued a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 7th. This is an increase from Howmet Aerospace’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Howmet Aerospace’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.07%.

About Howmet Aerospace

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.