How to buy Howmet Aerospace stock | $28.21

Howmet Aerospace Inc is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Howmet Aerospace shares (HWM) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Howmet Aerospace employs 41,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$12.8 billion.

How to buy shares in Howmet Aerospace

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Howmet Aerospace. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HWM. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Howmet Aerospace reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$28.21, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Howmet Aerospace, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Howmet Aerospace. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Howmet Aerospace share price

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Howmet Aerospace shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$28.21
52-week range	USD$9.87 - USD$34.27
50-day moving average	USD$24.8921
200-day moving average	USD$18.7186
Wall St. target price	USD$30.43
PE ratio	19.16
Dividend yield	USD$0.08 (0.64%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.9819

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Howmet Aerospace price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $28.21 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-07)	1.69%
1 month (2020-12-17)	4.64%
3 months (2020-10-16)	51.75%
6 months (2020-07-17)	71.49%

1 year (2020-01-17)	-3.79%
2 years (2019-01-17)	39.79%
3 years (2018-01-17)	30.54
5 years (2016-01-15)	308.84%

Is Howmet Aerospace under- or over-valued?

Valuing Howmet Aerospace stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Howmet Aerospace's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Howmet Aerospace's P/E ratio

Howmet Aerospace's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, Howmet Aerospace shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Howmet Aerospace's PEG ratio

Howmet Aerospace's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7656. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Howmet Aerospace's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Howmet Aerospace's EBITDA

Howmet Aerospace's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$1.8 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Howmet Aerospace's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Howmet Aerospace financials

Revenue TTM	USD$12.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	9.65%
Gross profit TTM	USD$3 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.38%
Return on equity TTM	13.81%
Profit margin	3.61%
Book value	N/A
Market capitalisation	USD$11.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Howmet Aerospace shares

There are currently 6.9 million Howmet Aerospace shares held short by investors – that's known as Howmet Aerospace's "short interest". This figure is 6.3% up from 6.5 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Howmet Aerospace shares can be evaluated.

Howmet Aerospace's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Howmet Aerospace's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Howmet Aerospace shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Howmet Aerospace shares traded daily (recently around 4.2 million). Howmet Aerospace's SIR currently stands at 1.65. In other words for every 100,000 Howmet Aerospace shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1650 shares are currently held short.

However Howmet Aerospace's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Howmet Aerospace shares, or, against the total number of tradable Howmet Aerospace shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Howmet Aerospace's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Howmet Aerospace shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.016% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Howmet Aerospace shares, roughly 16 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Howmet Aerospace.

Find out more about how you can short Howmet Aerospace stock.

Howmet Aerospace share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 1.22% of net profits

Recently Howmet Aerospace has paid out, on average, around 1.22% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Howmet Aerospace shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Howmet Aerospace's case, that would currently equate to about $0.08 per share.

While Howmet Aerospace's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Howmet Aerospace is investing more in its future growth.

Howmet Aerospace's most recent dividend payout was on 25 February 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 February 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Howmet Aerospace's shares ever split?

Howmet Aerospace's shares were split on a 1334:1000 basis on 1 November 2016. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1334 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Howmet Aerospace shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 25% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Howmet Aerospace shares which in turn could have impacted Howmet Aerospace's share price.

Howmet Aerospace share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Howmet Aerospace's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.87 up to $34.27. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Howmet Aerospace's is 1.6781. This would suggest that Howmet Aerospace's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Howmet Aerospace overview

Howmet Aerospace Inc. provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. It offers jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, and titanium structural parts for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. The company, formerly known as Arconic Inc., is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Howmet Aerospace is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.546% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by insiders and 89.525% by institutions.

• How many people work for Howmet Aerospace?

  Latest data suggests 41,700 work at Howmet Aerospace.

• When does the fiscal year end for Howmet Aerospace?

  Howmet Aerospace's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Howmet Aerospace based?

  Howmet Aerospace's address is: 201 Isabella Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 15212-5872

• What is Howmet Aerospace's ISIN number?

  Howmet Aerospace's international securities identification number is: US4432011082

• What is Howmet Aerospace's CUSIP number?

  Howmet Aerospace's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 013817101