Howmet Aerospace
HWM · Aerospace & Defense
$185.91
3.8%Textron
TXT · Aerospace & Defense
$76.83
1.6%The short version
- Textron is the larger business, with $14.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $8.3B for Howmet Aerospace, about 1.8 times as much.
- Howmet Aerospace grew revenue faster (11.1%, against 8.0%).
- Howmet Aerospace turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.3% FCF margin, against 6.3% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Howmet Aerospace’s earnings: a P/E of 40.1x against 14.5x for Textron.
| Latest fiscal year | HWM · FY25 | TXT · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $74.7B | $13.4B |
| Revenue | $8.3B | $14.8B |
| Free cash flow | $1.4B | $929M |
| Net income | $1.5B | $921M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 11.1% | 8.0% |
| 5-year growth | 9.4% | 4.9% |
| Share count change | −1.0% | −5.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 24.8% | — |
| Net margin | 18.3% | 6.2% |
| FCF margin | 17.3% | 6.3% |
| Return on capital | 22.4% | — |
| Return on equity | 30.4% | 12.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.3B | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.0x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $881M | $840M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 40.1x | 14.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | — |
FY16
HWM $12.4B
TXT $13.8B
FY17
HWM $13.0B
TXT $14.2B
FY18
HWM $6.8B
TXT $14.0B
FY19
HWM $7.1B
TXT $13.6B
FY20
HWM $5.3B
TXT $11.7B
FY21
HWM $5.0B
TXT $12.4B
FY22
HWM $5.7B
TXT $12.9B
FY23
HWM $6.6B
TXT $13.7B
FY24
HWM $7.4B
TXT $13.7B
FY25
HWM $8.3B
TXT $14.8B
HWM
TXT
FY16
HWM 7.7%
TXT —
FY17
HWM 3.7%
TXT —
FY18
HWM 11.4%
TXT —
FY19
HWM 8.2%
TXT —
FY20
HWM 11.9%
TXT —
FY21
HWM 15.0%
TXT —
FY22
HWM 16.2%
TXT —
FY23
HWM 18.1%
TXT —
FY24
HWM 22.0%
TXT —
FY25
HWM 24.8%
TXT —
HWM
TXT
FY16
HWM −$1.0B
TXT $479M
FY17
HWM −$635M
TXT $513M
FY18
HWM −$551M
TXT $738M
FY19
HWM −$180M
TXT $675M
FY20
HWM −$258M
TXT $451M
FY21
HWM $250M
TXT $1.2B
FY22
HWM $540M
TXT $1.1B
FY23
HWM $682M
TXT $864M
FY24
HWM $977M
TXT $650M
FY25
HWM $1.4B
TXT $929M
HWM
TXT
FY16
HWM 2.9%
TXT —
FY17
HWM 2.3%
TXT —
FY18
HWM 5.7%
TXT —
FY19
HWM 3.5%
TXT —
FY20
HWM 7.2%
TXT —
FY21
HWM 8.3%
TXT —
FY22
HWM 10.2%
TXT —
FY23
HWM 13.4%
TXT —
FY24
HWM 18.9%
TXT —
FY25
HWM 22.4%
TXT —
HWM
TXT
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