HWM vs. AIR, AL, AMP, CRS, EQH, GE, HXL, ITT, PH, and TDG
Should you be buying Howmet Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howmet Aerospace include AAR (AIR), Air Lease (AL), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Equitable (EQH), GE Aerospace (GE), Hexcel (HXL), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Transdigm Group (TDG).
Howmet Aerospace vs. Its Competitors
AAR (NYSE:AIR) and Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
AAR presently has a consensus target price of $80.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus target price of $142.13, indicating a potential downside of 20.85%. Given AAR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AAR is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.
In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 21 more articles in the media than AAR. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 8 mentions for AAR. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat AAR's score of 0.63 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Howmet Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than AAR. AAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AAR has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 16.64% compared to AAR's net margin of -0.46%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 27.25% beat AAR's return on equity.
90.7% of AAR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of AAR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Howmet Aerospace beats AAR on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HWM) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
