Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Competitors

ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MT or HWM?

9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal presently has a consensus target price of $31.17, indicating a potential upside of 4.39%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus target price of $123.28, indicating a potential downside of 8.06%. Given ArcelorMittal's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArcelorMittal	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Howmet Aerospace	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal received 708 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.67% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ArcelorMittal	Outperform Votes 826 62.96%	Underperform Votes 486 37.04%
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 118 78.67%	Underperform Votes 32 21.33%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArcelorMittal	$62.44B	0.39	$1.34B	$1.65	18.09
Howmet Aerospace	$7.43B	7.31	$1.16B	$2.82	47.55

Is MT or HWM a better dividend stock?

ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ArcelorMittal pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howmet Aerospace pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is MT or HWM more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 15.55% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 2.14%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 25.74% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArcelorMittal	2.14%	4.31%	2.56%
Howmet Aerospace	15.55%	25.74%	10.50%

Does the media favor MT or HWM?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 12 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 8 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.40 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ArcelorMittal	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Howmet Aerospace	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats ArcelorMittal on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.