Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Ending Cash Balance (2014 - 2026)
Howmet Aerospace's Ending Cash Balance came in at $508 million for Q3 2026, down 23.0% from $660 million a year earlier and down 9.9% from the prior quarter.
Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Ending Cash Balance (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Howmet Aerospace's Ending Cash Balance was $743 million, up 31.5% from FY2024.
- Ending Cash Balance carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -14.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Ending Cash Balance was $565 million in FY2024 (-7.4%), $610 million in FY2023 (-23.0%), $792 million in FY2022 (+9.7%) and $722 million in FY2021 (-55.2%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Ending Cash Balance since Q3 2024.
- Year-over-year, Ending Cash Balance increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 46.3%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Ending Cash Balance over five years came in Q1 2026 (growth of 353.6%), and the weakest in Q1 2022 (a decline of 57.9%).
- Business Quant data shows HWM's Ending Cash Balance at $564 million (Q2 2026), $2.44 billion (Q1 2026) and $743 million (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 334.86 Bn | 293.38 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 10.28 Bn |
| 2 | Rtx | 256.39 Bn | 224.66 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 9.23 Bn |
| 3 | Boeing | 137.52 Bn | 46.48 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 9.54 Bn |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 130.55 Bn | 114.79 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 5.96 Bn |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 95.65 Bn | 80.88 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 4.39 Bn |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 85.05 Bn | 81.51 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 774.00 Mn |
| 7 | Howmet Aerospace | 81.91 Bn | 77.67 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 508.00 Mn |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 74.74 Bn | 62.20 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 3.74 Bn |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 69.91 Bn | 29.43 Bn | 2.02 Bn | 5.69 Bn |
| 10 | TransDigm | 68.72 Bn | 56.73 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 2.77 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 508.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 564.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.44 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 743.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 660.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 546.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 537.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 565.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 475.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 752.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 534.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 610.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 425.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 536.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 538.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 792.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 454.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 538.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 522.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 722.00 Mn |
Howmet Aerospace Ending Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=HWM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "ticker": "HWM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=HWM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();