Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Competitors

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and AAR (NYSE:AIR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate HWM or AIR?

Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $172.13, suggesting a potential upside of 0.78%. AAR has a consensus target price of $83.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.59%. Given AAR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AAR is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howmet Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
AAR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, HWM or AIR?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAR has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HWM or AIR more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 18.09% compared to AAR's net margin of 0.45%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 28.17% beat AAR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace	18.09%	28.17%	12.26%
AAR	0.45%	11.66%	4.92%

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

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of AAR shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of AAR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HWM or AIR?

Howmet Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than AAR. Howmet Aerospace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAR, 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
Howmet Aerospace	$7.72B	8.92	$1.16B	$3.42	49.94
AAR	$2.78B	0.98	$12.50M	$0.33	229.49

Does the media refer more to HWM or AIR?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 27 more articles in the media than AAR. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 9 mentions for AAR. AAR's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Howmet Aerospace's score of 1.45 indicating that AAR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Howmet Aerospace	31 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AAR	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats AAR on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.