Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) earnings on August 6, 2026
More Howmet Aerospace Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial
The aerospace parts maker reported stronger profit and sales than expected and gave a positive outlook for the current quarter. The stock jumped as much as 6.3% during the day but ended slightly lower.
HWM price around the earnings
289.72
Change: -0.6%
2026-08-06, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
288.76
295.62
302.47
309.33
291.40
August 6, 2026
- Price: green if it ends above the starting price; red if it ends below
- Start of the measured window
- End of the measured window
- Market open
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial
- Thesis published
- Results released
Perfect 100% beat rate and strong buy consensus support company numbers, but sharp trajectory decline and extreme retail crowding context trend strength fading into event.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Trend strength deteriorated sharply from 74.9 to 24.7 on event day; retail crowding at extreme levels.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Strong buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.45
- Analysts covering the stock
- 20
- Average price target
- 312.93
- Lowest price target
- 256.56
- Highest price target
- 346
- Upside to price target
- 7.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 68.6%
- Revenue growth
- 19.1%
- Forward EPS
- 6.06
- Trailing EPS
- 4.37
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 4
- Strong buy: 4
- Buy: 15
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 4
- Buy
- 15
- Hold
- 3
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 27, 2026 · RBC Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- July 13, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- July 9, 2026 · Jefferies: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- July 1, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
Sources (9)
- ConocoPhillips Could Swing $4.94 Billion In Value After Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Apple, Alphabet, JB Hunt And Howmet Aerospace: CNBC’s ‘Final Trades’ (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- CNBC Halftime Report Final Trades: Apple, Alphabet, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Howmet Aerospace (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- $100 Invested In Howmet Aerospace 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Jim Cramer: Bending Spoons Is A ‘Really Good’ Software Company, Recommends Buying This Industrial Stock (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Live On CNBC, Josh Brown Host Segment Titled “Josh’s Best Stock Spotlight: Howmet Aerospace" (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Howmet Aerospace Raises Quarterly Dividend From $0.12 To $0.14 Per Share (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Howmet Aerospace, Raises Price Target to $325 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- $1000 Invested In Howmet Aerospace 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 291.4
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.6%
- Distance to 52-week high
- +0.0%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +3.8%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +4.9%
- 30-day relative strength
- +2.5%
- SPY change (30d)
- +2.5%
- Nearest support
- 288.74
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.9%
- Nearest resistance
- 292.74
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.5%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.68
- Mid: 288.74 (0.9% away, 0.35 ATR, 13 touches)
- Minor: 285.28 (2.1% away, 0.8 ATR, 4 touches)
- Mid: 281.92 (3.3% away, 1.25 ATR, 14 touches)
- Mid: 292.74 (0.5% away, 0.18 ATR, 6 touches)
- Mid: 294.98 (1.2% away, 0.47 ATR, 4 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +6.9%
- May 7, 2026: actual EPS 1.22 vs estimate 1.11 (surprise +10.3%)
- February 12, 2026: actual EPS 1.05 vs estimate 0.97 (surprise +8.7%)
- October 30, 2025: actual EPS 0.95 vs estimate 0.91 (surprise +4.5%)
- July 31, 2025: actual EPS 0.91 vs estimate 0.87 (surprise +4.2%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +7.5%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 5.1%
- 75th percentile move
- 6.8%
- 90th percentile move
- 12.7%
- Up / down moves
- 13 / 7
- Average up move
- +6.8%
- Average down move
- -3.0%
Monitoring and close
What Howmet Aerospace Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 1.25 |
| EPS surprise | +6.4% |
| Revenue | $2,547 million |
| Revenue estimate | $2,428 million |
| Revenue surprise | +4.9% |
Howmet Aerospace beat expectations and raised annual guidance. Shares hit a 52-week high on margins, cash flow, and optimistic 2026 outlook.
Sources (12)
- Howmet Aerospace, ATI Score Earnings Breakouts. Redwire Makes Bullish Jump. (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- HWM Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates on Aerospace, Turbine Growth (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Howmet Aerospace Stock Hits New High as Earnings, Guidance, Cash Flow Impress (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Howmet (HWM) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) Beats Q2 Estimates and Raises Full-Year 2026 Guidance (opens in a new tab) — ChartMill
- Howmet (NYSE:HWM) Beats Expectations in Strong Q2 CY2026, Guides for Strong Full-Year Sales (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Howmet Aerospace Sees Q3 Adj EPS $1.34-$1.36 vs $1.26 Est; Sees Sales $2.565B-$2.585B vs $2.472B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Howmet Aerospace beat expectations with adjusted earnings of $1.33 per share and sales of $2.547 billion, above forecasts. — Benzinga
- Howmet Aerospace Q2 Adj. EPS $1.33 Beats $1.25 Estimate, Sales $2.547B Beat $2.428B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Howmet Aerospace Raises FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $4.88-$5.00 to $5.23-$5.31 vs $5.06 Est; Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $9.575B-$9.725B to $10.000B-$10.100B vs $9.753B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Howmet Aerospace Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Howmet Aerospace Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating +3.4% pre-market, a move in line with the stock's usual reaction (about 5%). The figures confirm the optimistic scenario. Across our market history, in the 1,280 similar cases the close held that direction 86% of the time.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Partial
- Consolidated
- -0.9%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 6.3%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 1%