HYLN vs PUMP vs HWM Stock Comparison

Hyliion Holdings, ProPetro Holding and Howmet Aerospace Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HYLN Hyliion Holdings Corp.
$3.10 -31.6% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$538.91M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25M
Div. yield
–
Power Equipment Industrials
2 wins
PUMP ProPetro Holding Corp.
$6.99 -24.7% 1M -32.7% 1Y
Market cap
$785.98M
P/E
392.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.22B
Div. yield
–
Oilfield Services Energy
1 win
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc.
$212.94 -8.0% 1M +3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$84.79B
P/E
41.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.73B
Div. yield
0.00%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Howmet Aerospace leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Howmet Aerospace 7, Hyliion Holdings 2, ProPetro Holding 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHYLNPUMPHWMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $538.91M $785.98M $84.79B HWM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -10.3x 392.2x 41.3x HWM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 43.0x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +163.2% -6.0% +22.0% HYLN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -564.3% 0.2% 21.1% HWM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.1% 21.5% HWM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.6x 1.4x PUMP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +30.8% -32.7% +3.4% HYLN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -17.8%/yr -6.2%/yr +47.6%/yr HWM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.8% 57.4% 36.2% HWM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 38/100 73/100 HWM

Percentile Scorecard

HYLNPUMPHWM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHYLNPUMPHWM
Valuation 36 #40 of 62 85 #8 of 47 38 #63 of 101
Growth 90 #7 of 59 16 #37 of 44 91 #10 of 98
Profitability 13 #48 of 55 23 #32 of 41 99 #2 of 97
Financial Health 93 #6 of 72 64 #17 of 46 46 #58 of 107
Shareholder Returns – 3 #31 of 32 89 #8 of 64
Overall 58 38 73
  • HYLN ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • PUMP ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • HWM ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHYLNPUMPHWMSPY
1 month -31.6%-24.7%-8.0% -2.3%
3 months -17.8%-37.3%-25.6% -0.7%
6 months +46.9%-58.5%-11.2% +4.8%
Year to date +68.5%-26.5%+3.9% +10.3%
1 year +30.8%-32.7%+3.4% +10.3%
3 years +363.4%-31.6%+343.8% +73.0%
3 years, per year +66.8%-11.9%+64.4% +20.1%
5 years -62.4%-27.2%+599.8% +61.9%
5 years, per year -17.8%-6.2%+47.6% +10.1%
10 years ——+1,447.5% +258.6%
10 years, per year ——+31.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHYLNPUMPHWMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.8%57.4%36.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 92.4%61.6%36.7% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.210.751.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.31-0.570.09 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.0%-72.2%-36.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.7%-61.6%-27.3% -3.5%
52-week high $8.10$18.20$292.71 $779.14
52-week low $1.58$6.99$185.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHYLNPUMPHWM
P/E now vs peer median -10.6xmedian 29.1x 428.0xmedian 24.4x 41.3xmedian 26.9x
P/S now vs peer median 59.9xmedian 2.3x 0.7xmedian 1.2x 8.7xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.6xmedian 18.5x 5.4xmedian 8.7x 29.2xmedian 14.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -9.8xmedian 28.9x -8.9xmedian 14.5x 43.9xmedian 27.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 1.8x 0.9xmedian 1.7x 14.7xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median -0.35median 0.81 -5.72median 0.49 0.83median 0.91

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHYLNPUMPHWM
Revenue $9.25M $1.22B $9.73B
Gross profit $603.00K $291.48M $3.56B
Operating income -$58.73M $5.88M $2.73B
Net income -$52.19M $2.00M $2.05B
Free cash flow -$56.62M -$96.01M $1.93B
R&D $37.27M – $38.00M
EPS (diluted) $-0.29 $0.02 $5.13
Cash & equivalents $13.20M $728.87M $507.00M
Total debt – $839.87M $4.83B
Shares (diluted) 178.44M 122.71M 400.00M
Enterprise value $204.81M -$974.83M $80.54B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHYLNPUMPHWM
P/E -10.6x 428.0x 41.3x
P/FCF -9.8x -8.9x 43.9x
P/Operating cash flow -13.1x 4.4x 35.3x
P/S 59.9x 0.7x 8.7x
P/B 3.3x 0.9x 14.7x
P/Tangible book 3.3x 0.9x 17.3x
EV/EBITDA -9.6x 5.4x 29.2x
EV/EBIT -8.3x 164.9x 32.6x
EV/Revenue 52.9x 0.8x 9.2x
EV/FCF -8.6x -10.1x 46.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -11.6x 4.9x 37.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.35 -5.72 0.83

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHYLNPUMPHWM
Revenue growth (1Y) 163.2% -6.0% 22.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 62.1% -9.2% 14.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 154.4% -3.8% 33.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 29.7% -17.5% 26.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.9% 132.3% 36.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.6% -66.5% 35.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.3% 111.8% 41.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 30.7% -74.1% 47.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.9% 110.0% 43.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 30.4% -74.9% 49.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.5% 4.1% 40.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.3% -23.1% 38.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16.0% -349.4% 50.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.4% -66.0% 41.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHYLNPUMPHWM
Gross margin 6.5% 23.9% 36.6%
EBITDA margin -551.3% 14.6% 31.4%
Operating margin -635.2% 0.5% 28.1%
Pretax margin -564.5% 0.4% 25.8%
Net margin -564.3% 0.2% 21.1%
FCF margin -612.3% -7.9% 19.8%
Operating cash flow margin -458.2% 16.1% 24.7%
Return on equity -29.7% 0.2% 35.7%
Return on assets -28.2% 0.1% 15.5%
Return on invested capital – 0.1% 21.5%
Return on capital employed -33.4% 0.3% 24.7%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 97.9x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 64.8% 1.7% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHYLNPUMPHWM
Debt / assets – 38.4% 36.4%
Debt / equity – 0.9x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.6x 1.4x
Debt / FCF – -8.7x 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 5.6% 55.4% 56.6%
Equity / assets 94.4% 44.6% 43.4%
Interest coverage – 0.5x –
Current ratio 7.6x 3.5x 1.9x
Quick ratio 7.1x 3.3x 0.7x
Cash ratio 6.8x 2.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 30.63 1.37 8.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHYLNPUMPHWM
Dividend yield – – 0.2%
Net buyback yield – -19.1% 1.5%
Shareholder yield – -19.1% 1.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 9.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 10.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 23.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 43.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHYLNPUMPHWM
Forward P/E – – 43.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.32FY2026 $-0.04FY2026 $5.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -121.1%FY2026 +37.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +31.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $14.80MFY2026 $1.26BFY2026 $10.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +325.2%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026 +25.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +127.8% +18.1% +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHYLNPUMPHWM
Held by institutions 33.4% 100.0% 91.0%
Institutions holding 168 270 1,602
Change in shares held, QoQ +19.5% +26.4% +0.7%
Institutions buying 106 161 908
Institutions selling 38 65 485
Buyers to sellers 2.79 2.48 1.87

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HYLNPUMPHWM
HYLN 1.00 0.28 0.15
PUMP 0.28 1.00 -0.05
HWM 0.15 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HYLN, PUMP and HWM?

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) $538.91M, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) $785.98M, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) $84.79B.

Which stock is cheaper, HYLN, PUMP and HWM?

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -10.3x, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) 392.2x, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 41.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +163.2%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) -6.0%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) +22.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) has the highest net margin (Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -564.3%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) 0.2%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 21.1%). On return on invested capital, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) leads (ProPetro Holding (PUMP) 0.1%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 21.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) returned the most: Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +30.8%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) -32.7%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) +3.4%. Over five years, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) compounded fastest (Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -17.8%/yr, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) -6.2%/yr, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) +47.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) 0.00%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) 0.00%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 0.00%. Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) and ProPetro Holding (PUMP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) has been the steadiest (Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) 98.8%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) 57.4%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 36.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HYLN, PUMP and HWM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.