Howmet Aerospace Valuation

Is HWM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HWM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HWM ($64.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($119.63)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HWM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HWM?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HWM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue4.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.4x
PEG Ratio2.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HWM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HWM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average62.3x
HEI HEICO
66.6x14.3%US$25.1b
AXON Axon Enterprise
131x25.9%US$22.8b
TXT Textron
19.6x7.7%US$18.3b
LHX L3Harris Technologies
32.2x15.7%US$39.5b
HWM Howmet Aerospace
34.6x14.8%US$26.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HWM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the peer average (62.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HWM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Aerospace & Defense Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HWM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the US Aerospace & Defense industry average (31.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HWM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HWM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.6x
Fair PE Ratio28.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HWM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HWM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$64.70
US$71.65
+10.7%
6.5%US$80.00US$60.00n/a19
Apr ’25US$66.11
US$69.27
+4.8%
8.8%US$80.00US$53.00n/a20
Mar ’25US$67.00
US$67.18
+0.3%
7.9%US$75.00US$53.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$57.38
US$61.53
+7.2%
8.2%US$74.00US$53.00n/a19
Jan ’25US$54.12
US$56.94
+5.2%
7.2%US$66.00US$47.00n/a18
Dec ’24US$52.90
US$56.28
+6.4%
6.3%US$61.00US$47.00n/a18
Nov ’24US$44.72
US$55.15
+23.3%
6.4%US$61.00US$47.00n/a17
Oct ’24US$46.25
US$55.53
+20.1%
5.9%US$61.00US$47.00n/a16
Sep ’24US$49.69
US$53.28
+7.2%
15.8%US$61.00US$23.00n/a16
Aug ’24US$48.99
US$50.44
+3.0%
15.6%US$61.00US$23.00n/a16
Jul ’24US$49.56
US$49.06
-1.0%
15.1%US$55.00US$23.00n/a16
Jun ’24US$43.73
US$48.50
+10.9%
15.0%US$55.00US$23.00n/a16
May ’24US$44.30
US$45.86
+3.5%
15.4%US$52.00US$23.00n/a14
Apr ’24US$42.37
US$45.39
+7.1%
15.7%US$52.00US$23.00US$66.1114
Mar ’24US$42.80
US$44.81
+4.7%
16.2%US$52.00US$23.00US$67.0013
Feb ’24US$40.59
US$42.96
+5.8%
7.0%US$47.00US$35.00US$57.3813
Jan ’24US$39.41
US$41.25
+4.7%
9.5%US$47.00US$32.00US$54.1214
Dec ’23US$38.41
US$40.77
+6.1%
9.4%US$45.00US$32.00US$52.9013
Nov ’23US$36.49
US$40.46
+10.9%
9.4%US$46.00US$32.00US$44.7213
Oct ’23US$30.93
US$41.92
+35.5%
7.1%US$46.00US$34.00US$46.2513
Sep ’23US$35.05
US$41.77
+19.2%
6.8%US$46.00US$34.00US$49.6913
Aug ’23US$37.35
US$40.62
+8.7%
6.4%US$44.00US$34.00US$48.9913
Jul ’23US$31.80
US$40.73
+28.1%
7.0%US$44.00US$34.00US$49.5611
Jun ’23US$35.68
US$40.64
+13.9%
6.7%US$44.00US$34.00US$43.7311
May ’23US$34.12
US$40.83
+19.7%
7.7%US$48.00US$36.00US$44.3012
Apr ’23US$36.32
US$40.42
+11.3%
8.5%US$48.00US$36.00US$42.3712

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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