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Howmet Aerospace Inc (NYSE: HWM) closed the day trading at $179.46 down -0.44% from the previous closing price of $180.25. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.28 million shares were traded. HWM stock price reached its highest trading level at $181.34 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $174.14.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HWM, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 134.90 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 71.30. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.07 and its Current Ratio is at 2.30. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.73 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.72.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 12 ’25 when Marchuk Neil Edward sold 30,000 shares for $158.53 per share. The transaction valued at 4,756,017 led to the insider holds 131,859 shares of the business.
PLANT JOHN C sold 800,000 shares of HWM for $125,570,480 on May 12 ’25. The Executive Chairman & CEO now owns 236,544 shares after completing the transaction at $156.96 per share. On May 12 ’25, another insider, Marchuk Neil Edward, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 30,000 shares for $158.53 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HWM now has a Market Capitalization of 72443338752 and an Enterprise Value of 78137851904. As of this moment, Howmet’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 58.52, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 43.17. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.67. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 9.60 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 15.31. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 10.352 whereas that against EBITDA is 38.913.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HWM is 1.49, which has changed by 1.238214 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10500872 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HWM has reached a high of $187.51, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $77.22. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.92%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 38.33%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HWM traded about 3.28M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HWM traded about 5521680 shares per day. A total of 404.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 399.32M. Insiders hold about 1.08% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.40% stake in the company. Shares short for HWM as of 1749772800 were 12140589 with a Short Ratio of 3.71, compared to 1747267200 on 11589817. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12140589 and a Short% of Float of 3.8900003.
Dividends & Splits
HWM’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.36, up from 0.31 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0017198336
