Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Competitors

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is HWM or MT a better dividend stock?

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcelorMittal pays out 25.5% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HWM or MT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Howmet Aerospace	$7.43B	6.90	$1.16B	$2.82	44.88
ArcelorMittal	$62.44B	0.42	$1.34B	$1.65	19.51

Which has more volatility & risk, HWM or MT?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HWM or MT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace	15.55%	25.74%	10.50%
ArcelorMittal	2.14%	4.31%	2.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HWM or MT?

ArcelorMittal received 708 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.67% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 118 78.67%	Underperform Votes 32 21.33%
ArcelorMittal	Outperform Votes 826 62.96%	Underperform Votes 486 37.04%

Does the media prefer HWM or MT?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 9 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 19 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.49 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Howmet Aerospace	26 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ArcelorMittal	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HWM or MT?

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HWM or MT?

Howmet Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $123.28, indicating a potential downside of 2.59%. ArcelorMittal has a consensus price target of $31.17, indicating a potential downside of 3.18%. Given Howmet Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Howmet Aerospace is more favorable than ArcelorMittal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howmet Aerospace	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
ArcelorMittal	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats ArcelorMittal on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.