Howmet (HWM) closed the most recent trading day at $210.84, moving -2.18% from the previous trading session. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.01%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.03%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.17%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the maker of engineered products for the aerospace and other industries had gained 3.71% lagged the Aerospace sector's gain of 5.69% and outpaced the S&P 500's gain of 0.78%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Howmet in its upcoming release. The company plans to announce its earnings on February 12, 2026. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $0.97, marking a 31.08% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $2.14 billion, showing a 13.22% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $3.69 per share and revenue of $8.21 billion. These totals would mark changes of +37.17% and 0%, respectively, from last year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Howmet should also be noted by investors. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To capitalize on this, we've crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.47% higher. Howmet presently features a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Looking at its valuation, Howmet is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 48.6. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 26.32, which means Howmet is trading at a premium to the group.
We can also see that HWM currently has a PEG ratio of 2.04. Comparable to the widely accepted P/E ratio, the PEG ratio also accounts for the company's projected earnings growth. The average PEG ratio for the Aerospace - Defense industry stood at 1.94 at the close of the market yesterday.
The Aerospace - Defense industry is part of the Aerospace sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 83, this industry ranks in the top 34% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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