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$179.57 -0.68 (-0.38%)
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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

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and AAR (NYSE:AIR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus price target of $142.13, suggesting a potential downside of 20.85%. AAR has a consensus price target of $80.20, suggesting a potential upside of 11.98%. Given AAR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AAR is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Howmet Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
AAR
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of AAR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of AAR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Howmet Aerospace$7.43B9.76$1.16B$3.0758.49
AAR$2.32B1.11$46.30M-$0.36-198.94

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace16.64% 27.25% 11.48%
AAR -0.46%10.86%4.59%

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 media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Howmet Aerospace
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AAR
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAR has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HWM vs. The Competition

MetricHowmet AerospaceAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$72.76B$43.59B$26.38B$20.52B
Dividend Yield0.22%1.18%1.00%3.78%
P/E Ratio58.4917.5880.9027.79
Price / Sales9.763.706.5340.34
Price / Cash52.9125.2235.4822.26
Price / Book16.225.848.164.58
Net Income$1.16B$586.89M$369.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.13%2.46%1.21%0.41%
1 Month Performance3.87%2.69%3.54%3.59%
1 Year Performance123.79%36.85%52.16%14.47%

Howmet Aerospace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.5676 of 5 stars
$179.57
-0.4%
$142.13
-20.9%
+123.2%$72.76B$7.43B58.4923,930Positive News
AIR
AAR
2.8622 of 5 stars
$68.76
-0.4%
$80.20
+16.6%
-1.0%$2.48B$2.68B-190.995,700News Coverage
AL
Air Lease
4.8949 of 5 stars
$58.52
-0.3%
$57.43
-1.9%
+22.8%$6.54B$2.73B10.23150
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6303 of 5 stars
$534.26
+1.2%
$519.00
-2.9%
+25.5%$50.87B$17.26B18.1513,500Positive News
CRS
Carpenter Technology
4.108 of 5 stars
$276.17
+0.1%
$278.33
+0.8%
+158.5%$13.75B$2.92B39.124,600Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.4038 of 5 stars
$56.11
+0.3%
$62.64
+11.6%
+35.8%$17.05B$12.44B15.258,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7331 of 5 stars
$257.34
+1.1%
$223.75
-13.1%
+51.1%$274.42B$38.70B40.0253,000Positive News
HXL
Hexcel
3.8794 of 5 stars
$56.54
-0.6%
$61.20
+8.2%
-11.4%$4.55B$1.90B37.445,894
ITT
ITT
4.3026 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+24.4%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5111 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+39.0%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TDG
Transdigm Group
3.9047 of 5 stars
$1,522.90
+1.6%
$1,532.47
+0.6%
+20.2%$85.54B$7.94B51.4114,400Positive News

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