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HWM Howmet Aerospace

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · close $220.96 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30

63
A
#5/202 in sector · #47/964 overall

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 63/100 (grade A), ranking #5 of 202 in Industrials. Its strongest pillars are profitability (95) and growth (77); its weakest is valuation (7). TTM revenue growth is 18.1% and operating margin 27.4%.

Data as of .

Analyst sentiment

weight 7.5% · 50
Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%)derived89
90-day net rating shift (3.8%)derived32

Growth

weight 30.83% · 77
Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)18.1%78
EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)36.1%79
Revenue acceleration (6.2%)5.0%73

Profitability

weight 18.5% · 95
Operating margin (9.9%)27.4%95
4Q gross-margin change (8.6%)3.3%94

Balance sheet

weight 18.5% · 58
Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%)1.26×50
Current ratio (4.9%)1.8261
Interest coverage (3.7%)14.18×75

Cash flow

weight 12.33% · 49
FCF margin (6.2%)17.3%81
FCF yield (6.2%)1.6%16

Valuation

weight 12.33% · 7
P/E (inverted) (6.2%)47.62×12
EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%)10.05×3

Technicals (EOD)

RSI(14)39.2
EMA 9 / 21221.84 / 227.00
200-day SMA249.39
Volume vs 20d avg1.13×
20-day return-2.1%

Exit-rule monitor

  • WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average

Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfGoodsAndServiceExcludingDepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestAndDebtExpense · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).

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FAQ

What is HWM's House Rating?
HWM scores 63 out of 100 (grade A) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #5 of 202 Industrials stocks we cover.
What do analysts say about HWM?
ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for HWM scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
When does HWM report earnings next?
HWM's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-29 (window 2026-10-22 to 2026-11-05), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
Is HWM a buy?
ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.

Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology

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