A new trading day began on Friday, with Howmet Aerospace Inc (NYSE: HWM) stock price up 0.88% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $188.83. HWM’s price has ranged from $77.22 to $189.48 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 22.24%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 30.54%. With a float of $399.32 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $404.00 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 23930 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 30.46%, operating margin of 23.58%, and the pretax margin is 20.22%.
Howmet Aerospace Inc (HWM) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Aerospace & Defense Industry. The insider ownership of Howmet Aerospace Inc is 1.08%, while institutional ownership is 94.51%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 12 ’25, was worth 4,756,017. In this transaction EVP, HR of this company sold 30,000 shares at a rate of $158.53, taking the stock ownership to the 131,859 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 12 ’25, when Company’s Executive Chairman & CEO sold 800,000 for $156.96, making the entire transaction worth $125,570,480. This insider now owns 236,544 shares in total.
Howmet Aerospace Inc (HWM) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.87 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 30.54% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 21.90% during the next five years compared to 22.24% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Howmet Aerospace Inc (NYSE: HWM) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Howmet Aerospace Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.07. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 10.19. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 75.68.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.07, a number that is poised to hit 0.87 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.16 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Howmet Aerospace Inc (HWM)
Looking closely at Howmet Aerospace Inc (NYSE: HWM), its last 5-days average volume was 2.23 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 3.07 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 92.49%.
During the past 100 days, Howmet Aerospace Inc’s (HWM) raw stochastic average was set at 98.71%, which indicates a significant increase from 93.84% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 4.78 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 4.56 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $172.52, while its 200-day Moving Average is $133.17. However, in the short run, Howmet Aerospace Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $191.90. Second resistance stands at $193.30. The third major resistance level sits at $195.00. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $188.79, it is likely to go to the next support level at $187.09. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $185.69.
Howmet Aerospace Inc (NYSE: HWM) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 76.90 billion, the company has a total of 403,674K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 7,430 M while annual income is 1,155 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,942 M while its latest quarter income was 344,000 K.
