HWM vs. TS, MT, PKX, GGB, TX, CSTM, WS, ASTL, SPLP, and MTUS
Should you be buying Howmet Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howmet Aerospace include Tenaris (TS), ArcelorMittal (MT), POSCO (PKX), Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Steel Partners (SPLP), and Metallus (MTUS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Howmet Aerospace vs.
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Tenaris has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Howmet Aerospace's net margin of 14.81%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 24.50% beat Tenaris' return on equity.
Tenaris currently has a consensus target price of $42.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.59%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus target price of $115.71, indicating a potential downside of 8.50%. Given Tenaris' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 13 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 6 mentions for Tenaris. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Tenaris' score of 0.26 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Tenaris pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howmet Aerospace pays out 12.2% 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.
10.5% of Tenaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tenaris received 307 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.93% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.
Tenaris has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. Tenaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Howmet Aerospace beats Tenaris on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HWM) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
