Howmet Aerospace Investors Should Focus on This

By Kim Brooks • Wednesday, December 20 13:40 • Permanent Link

Is it worth buying Howmet Aerospace stock at a price of $53.55? If this question is on your mind, make sure to check out the fundamentals of this Metal Fabrication large-cap company:

Howmet Aerospace has logged a 37.4% 52 week change, compared to 22.9% for the S&P 500
HWM has an average analyst rating of buy and is -5.16% away from its mean target price of $56.47 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.54, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 34.8. The Industrials sector's average P/E ratio is 22.19
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.15 and its forward P/E ratio is 24.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.78 in contrast to the Industrials sector's average P/B ratio is 4.06
HWM has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 136.8% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $689.0 Million and the average free cash flow growth rate is 71.1%
Howmet Aerospace's revenues have an average growth rate of -2.7% with operating expenses growing at -4.9%. The company's current operating margins stand at 17.1%

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