HWM

Howmet Aerospace
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$229.57
-0.7% on the session
1-year return
+20.4%
-2.9% over six months
Volatility
33.8%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-23.2%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Howmet Aerospace is a aerospace & defense name in the industrials sector. Over the past year it returned +20.4%, against -16.6% over three months and -11.9% over one. It trades 7.6% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 33.8% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -23.2%, and it has traded a median $570M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.41 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#44 of 81
Stronger than 46% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#351 of 496

How HWM scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 11 others in Aerospace & Defense.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.7%
1 week+0.5%
1 month-11.9%
3 months-16.6%
6 months-2.9%
1 year+20.4%
12-1 momentum+36.6%
Volatility (1y, annualized)33.8%
Max drawdown (1y)-23.2%
Distance vs 200-day average-7.6%
Return per unit of risk0.60
Median daily dollar volume$570M
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