Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AIR or HWM?

90.7% of AAR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of AAR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AIR or HWM?

Howmet Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than AAR. AAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, 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
AAR	$2.32B	1.16	$46.30M	-$0.36	-207.19
Howmet Aerospace	$7.55B	9.61	$1.16B	$3.07	58.54

Do analysts recommend AIR or HWM?

AAR presently has a consensus price target of $80.80, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus price target of $142.13, suggesting a potential downside of 20.91%. Given AAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AAR is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AAR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Howmet Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Is AIR or HWM more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 16.64% compared to AAR's net margin of -0.46%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 27.25% beat AAR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AAR	-0.46%	10.86%	4.59%
Howmet Aerospace	16.64%	27.25%	11.48%

Does the media refer more to AIR or HWM?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 14 more articles in the media than AAR. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 13 mentions for AAR. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat AAR's score of 0.65 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AAR	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Howmet Aerospace	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AIR or HWM?

AAR has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats AAR on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.