HWM vs. MT, TS, PKX, GGB, TX, SID, CSTM, WS, SPLP, and ASTL
Should you be buying Howmet Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howmet Aerospace include ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), and Algoma Steel Group (ASTL). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Howmet Aerospace vs.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
ArcelorMittal received 705 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.36% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.97% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.
Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 15.55% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 2.14%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 25.74% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. ArcelorMittal pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howmet Aerospace pays out 13.0% 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. Howmet Aerospace has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ArcelorMittal currently has a consensus price target of $32.95, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus price target of $132.53, indicating a potential downside of 18.60%. Given ArcelorMittal's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.
In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 16 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 9 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.65 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Howmet Aerospace beats ArcelorMittal on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HWM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff