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HWM · NYSE

Howmet Aerospace Inc

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

$205.94

+5.51%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Quality

81

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 81 of 100, in the strongest band of the covered universe. The underlying fundamental measurements behind this reading are consistent rather than mixed.

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Fundamental Momentum

Accelerating

73

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 73 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as accelerating. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

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Capital Returns

Favorable

61

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 61 of 100, recorded as favorable. Stored records show 13 consecutive years of dividend payments. Share count has been reduced at about 1.7% a year in the stored window.

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Valuation context

Price / earnings
40.9

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Howmet Aerospace Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this report, unless the context otherwise requires, "Howmet", the "Company", "we", "us", and "our" refer to Howmet Aerospace Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

The Company’s Internet address is https://www.howmet.com. Howmet makes available free of charge on or through its website its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as proxy statements, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Company’s website is included in this annual report on Form 10-K as an inactive textual reference only. The information on, or accessible through, the Company’s website is not a part of, or incorporated by reference in, this annual report on Form 10-K. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains these reports at https://www.sec.gov.

As described below, Howmet Aerospace Inc. was previously named Arconic Inc. and, prior to that, Alcoa Inc., a company formed in 1888.

The Arconic Inc. Separation Transaction. On April 1, 2020, Arconic Inc. separated its businesses (the "Arconic Inc. Separation Transaction") into two independent, publicly traded companies: Howmet Aerospace Inc. (the new name for Arconic Inc.) and Arconic Corporation. Following this separation, Howmet retained the Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels businesses; and its prior Rolled Products, Aluminum Extrusions, and Building and Construction Systems businesses were spun-off to Arconic Corporation. In connection with the Arconic Inc. Separation Transaction, Howmet and Arconic Corporation entered into several agreements that govern their post-separation relationship.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 12, 2026. Read the filing

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